UNSPSC 50443210: Frozen calico belle corn

The variety of corn known as calico belle corn that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443210 Frozen calico belle corn is a Commodity-tier code that encompasses institutional procurement of frozen corn products for state and local food service operations, particularly corrections facilities, state-supported living centers, schools, and senior services programs. Recent opportunities show state and local agencies buying frozen corn as part of broader food supply contracts—sometimes as a specific line item within larger produce or food service solicitations, and occasionally as a standalone commodity within multi-item frozen vegetable purchases. The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments (corrections, human services, education), county governments (correctional facilities), school districts, and independent state agencies. The work is straightforward commodity supply: vendors furnish frozen corn meeting USDA and FDA standards, typically whole kernel style, in bulk quantities (40,000 to 120,000 pounds per order), palletized for institutional warehouses, with temperature maintenance and shelf-life requirements specified throughout the cold chain.

Geographic activity centers on Texas, Oregon, and Georgia, with secondary presence in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted two separate frozen corn bids in July 2026 (solicitations S2910000017451 and S2910000017692, ITBs due July 24 and August 20 respectively), requesting approximately 40,000 and 80,000 pounds at prices historically near $0.50 per pound, with 5–10 percent state and resident-bidder preferences applied. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a large multi-item frozen food solicitation (HHS0017338, IFB due August 18, 2026) with an estimated annual volume of $9 million across 18 ordering entities statewide, including frozen corn as a component line item within a 106-item frozen foods contract. Gwinnett County, Georgia (October 2026, IWQ 140229, informal quotes due October 19) requested approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items, including frozen vegetables, for senior services. Activity is steady but corn appears most often as a line item within larger frozen vegetable or comprehensive food service contracts rather than as a standalone high-value procurement, making pure-play corn suppliers less common than broadline food distributors capturing multiple categories.