UNSPSC 50443516: Frozen short tom eggplants

The variety of eggplants known as short tom eggplants that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443516 Frozen short tom eggplants is a Commodity code that nominally addresses a specific frozen vegetable product, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little alignment with the named commodity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code actually solicit frozen vegetables broadly—frozen corn, frozen potatoes (french fries, wedges, and tater tots), frozen assorted vegetables, and frozen mixed vegetables—rather than eggplants specifically. State and local governments buying under this code tier are purchasing institutional food service supplies for correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school districts, and county detention centers. The work involves competitive bidding on frozen vegetable commodities, typically through ITB or RFP processes, with firm fixed pricing quoted per pound or per unit on an FOB Destination basis, all-inclusive of transportation and delivery charges to centralized distribution points or individual school sites.

The issuing bodies reflect a mix of state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, county governments, and school districts. The Oregon Department of Corrections appears repeatedly as a high-volume buyer, posting multiple solicitations for frozen vegetables in recent months. Other active buyers include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, state school systems in Georgia (Burke County, Early County, Bulloch County, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County), Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Dallas ISD in Texas, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) Corrections, and the State of Illinois. Geographic activity concentrates in Oregon, Texas, and Georgia, with secondary activity in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' July 2026 ITB for 40,000 pounds of frozen sweet corn (Solicitation S2910000017451, due July 24, 2026), posted at $0.498 per pound from the prior award; the same agency's July 2026 ITB for 120,000 pounds of frozen potato products—french fries, wedges, and tater tots—(Solicitation S2910000017439, due July 24, 2026), with the prior award to JNS Foods at $0.3811 per pound; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products supporting the El Paso State Supported Living Center (Solicitation HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026), with historical contract value of $1.5 million annually. The code sees steady institutional procurement activity but limited relevance to the specific frozen eggplant product the commodity name suggests.