UNSPSC 50444505: Frozen spanish pardina lentils

The variety of lentils known as spanish pardina lentils that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50444505 Frozen spanish pardina lentils is a Commodity code that sees minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specialized frozen legume product, but the most recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code actually solicit frozen corn, frozen potatoes, frozen assorted vegetables, frozen carrots, fresh produce, grocery items spanning dozens of categories, and food service contracts for correctional facilities and school districts. The mismatch is systemic: the opportunities in the block consistently address broad frozen vegetable procurement, fresh produce, and comprehensive food supply, not the narrowly specified frozen spanish pardina lentil product the code describes.

State and local governments acquiring frozen produce and food staples include the Oregon Department of Corrections (Oregon), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Texas), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Texas), the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases for the Board of Education (Connecticut), Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Dallas Independent School District (Texas), Montgomery County Correctional Facility (Pennsylvania), and the State of Illinois. School districts and state departments of corrections emerge as the dominant buyers. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for frozen corn (approximately 40,000 pounds, response due July 24, 2026) and frozen potatoes (approximately 120,000 pounds, response due July 24, 2026); the City of Bridgeport's ITB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the school lunch program (response due June 30, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables across 210 line items to serve state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with estimated contract value up to $4.5 million over three years. Geographic activity concentrates in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and other southeastern and midwestern states, with school nutrition programs and institutional food service driving the volume. The code shows no recent procurement activity specifically for frozen spanish pardina lentils or specialty legume products; vendors pursuing opportunities should note that tagging under this code does not reflect the broader frozen-vegetable and institutional-food-service market state and local governments actually access through it.