UNSPSC 50443406: Frozen chicago pickling cucumbers

The variety of cucumbers known as chicago pickling cucumbers that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443406 Frozen chicago pickling cucumbers is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it do not reflect the nominal product — instead, they comprise frozen vegetables more broadly (corn, carrots, assorted blends, mixed vegetables), fresh produce, grocery items for schools and correctional facilities, and food service supplies across institutional and K–12 settings. The mismatch suggests the code is used as a catch-all container for frozen and fresh produce procurement rather than for Chicago-style pickling cucumbers specifically, which do not appear in any of the posted solicitations.

State and local buyers soliciting under this code span Oregon Department of Corrections (multiple frozen vegetable ITBs), Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Health and Human Services Commission, school districts across Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Connecticut, Texas, and Pennsylvania, and county correctional facilities. Issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs, state-agency food service operations (corrections, health services), and county facilities. The Oregon Department of Corrections appears as a repeat buyer with multiple frozen vegetable solicitations posted in the past six months. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for frozen corn (40,000 pounds, ITB S2910000017451, due July 24, 2026, at $0.498/pound reference pricing from prior award); the Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery procurement across 1,100+ line items for school lunch (RFP BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, with Buy American domestic-content requirements); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food and consumables statewide contract (IFB HHS0016792V2, 210 line items, due March 19, 2026, maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years). Activity clusters in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Southeast (Georgia, Florida), Texas, and Mid-Atlantic (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia), with school districts and correctional facilities as the dominant buyer categories.