UNSPSC 50443702: Frozen fino fennel

The variety of fennel known as fino fennel that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443702 Frozen fino fennel, a Commodity code, does not see measurable recent state and local procurement activity. The single code reference in the sample dataset—a Gwinnett County food procurement for the Department of Community Services—lists frozen fino fennel among general shelf-stable food items requested in an informal written quote issued October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026. The procurement spans 35 line items of canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, soups, and canned vegetables, with frozen fennel appearing as one component within a broader grocery basket sourced from a single vendor. Gwinnett County directed quotes to its Purchasing Associate, Casey Beauston, for delivery to the Senior Services Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

The code's activity remains incidental to state and local procurement. Issuing bodies using broader food procurement vehicles—counties, state corrections and health agencies, school districts, and state-supported living centers across Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New Jersey—solicit frozen vegetables and specialty food items routinely, but frozen fino fennel appears to be an edge-case item bundled within larger commodity contracts rather than a standalone procurement driver. Representative solicitations emphasize staple frozen vegetables (corn, mixed assortments, broccoli, green beans, potatoes), proteins, dairy, and condiments across institutional feeding for prisons, schools, senior services, and state hospitals. The code does not report a dedicated line item, standing contract, or repeat-buyer pattern in recent months. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor state and local food-service RFQs and IFBs within the broader frozen-produce family, where final selection of specific vegetables—including fennel where specified—often occurs through line-item bidding on master grocery awards rather than through targeted specialty-vegetable tenders.