UNSPSC 50444200: Frozen kale

The type of vegetable known as kale that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50444200 Frozen kale is a Class code that state and local governments do not actively procure under this specific taxonomy. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for frozen kale. Instead, the state and local records present a broad portfolio of food and consumable procurement spanning proteins, grains, dairy, fresh and frozen vegetables as mixed lots, paper products, and institutional cafeteria supplies—but no isolated requests for frozen kale as a line item or primary commodity. The code's nominal scope does not align with the actual buying patterns in the source material, which emphasizes bulk grocery supply contracts serving correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school districts, and senior services operations where frozen vegetables are typically acquired as part of mixed assortments or commodity bundles rather than as single-SKU line items.

The issuing bodies driving institutional food procurement across the source include state departments of corrections and health and human services, county governments (notably Gwinnett County, Georgia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), school districts across Georgia and Connecticut, and state agencies such as the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Oregon Department of Corrections. Representative recent opportunities illustrate the pattern: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017338 on July 17, 2026, requesting bids on frozen food products (106 line items spanning baked goods, proteins, vegetables, and specialty items) with responses due August 18, 2026 and an estimated annual volume of approximately nine million dollars; the Oregon Department of Corrections posted ITB S2910000017692 on August 6, 2026, for 360,000 pounds of frozen vegetables (broccoli, assorted blends, corn, and green beans) with bids due August 20, 2026 and a preference for Oregon-fabricated goods; and the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office sought weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy under a brand-or-equal specification with responses due August 24, 2026. Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Connecticut, with frozen vegetable procurement embedded within larger institutional food supply contracts rather than as isolated commodity purchases.