UNSPSC 50443802: Frozen chinese garlic stems

The variety of garlic known as chinese garlic stems that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443802 Frozen chinese garlic stems is a Commodity code. The recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code do not reflect procurement of frozen garlic stems or closely related specialty vegetable items. Instead, the opportunities show purchasing activity focused on broad frozen vegetable assortments, fresh produce, and comprehensive grocery procurement for institutional food service operations across correctional facilities, school districts, and health and human services agencies. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual recent solicitations suggests this code sees minimal or no relevant activity in the current state and local market.

Issuing bodies pursuing frozen vegetable procurement span state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), school nutrition programs (Georgia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, Connecticut), county and municipal governments (Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Decatur Georgia, Savannah-Chatham Georgia), and state health and human services agencies (Texas, New Jersey). Frozen vegetables appear as line items within larger multipurpose grocery and food service bids rather than as standalone specialty commodities. The Oregon Department of Corrections, for example, has solicited frozen assorted vegetables, frozen carrots, frozen corn, and frozen potato products through multiple ITBs between February and July 2026. School districts emphasize whole-grain items, low-sodium formulations, Buy American compliance, HACCP plan requirements, and USDA nutrition standards across their food service contracts. Correctional facilities and state hospitals drive institutional volume, typically procuring through centralized distribution centers and specifying Grade A or B products with firm pricing, six-month shelf life minimums, and FOB destination delivery terms.

Geographic concentration shows heavy recent activity in the Southeast (Georgia school districts), Texas (TDCJ, HHSC, Dallas ISD), Oregon (Department of Corrections), and mid-Atlantic jurisdictions (Pennsylvania, Connecticut). The Oregon Department of Corrections alone posted five frozen vegetable solicitations between February and July 2026—carrots, assorted blends, corn, potato products, and mixed vegetables—indicating sustained procurement demand at that agency. Texas health and human services, Dallas ISD, and multiple Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Burke County, Early County, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham) have issued overlapping food service bids in the same timeframe. Illinois, Missouri, and New Jersey also appear as recent buyers. A representative recent opportunity: Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division ITB S2910000017451 for 40,000 pounds of frozen sweet corn kernel, due July 24, 2026, with pricing at $0.498 per pound from the prior August 2025 award, Oregon goods and resident-bidder preferences capped at 10 percent combined, and FOB Destination delivery within 30 days of purchase order issuance. Another: Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026, with a prior-period value of $1.5 million and firm fixed pricing on Exhibit C, available for use across HHSC and Department of State Health Services facilities statewide.