UNSPSC 50444821: Frozen woodear mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as woodear mushrooms that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50444821 Frozen woodear mushrooms is a Commodity code that does not map to active state and local procurement activity in the recent record. The sourced opportunities do not include frozen woodear mushrooms or comparable specialty produce items; instead, they reflect broad frozen-vegetable procurement (assorted blends, corn, broccoli, green beans, mixed vegetables) and general institutional food-service supply spanning proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, and paper products for correctional facilities, state hospitals, supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. The code's narrow scope—a single specialty mushroom variety—contrasts sharply with the commodity breadth state and local bodies actually purchase in food procurement.

State and local food procurement is dominated by institutional buyers: correctional agencies (Montgomery County PA, Oregon DOC, Texas TDCJ), state health and human services departments (Texas HHSC, Illinois Veterans Home system), school districts (Bridgeport CT, Burke County GA, Early County GA, Ben Hill County GA), and county departments of community services (Gwinnett County GA). Recent solicitations show consolidated, high-volume buys using IFB, RFQ, and ITB structures with firm-fixed or unit-price models, FOB destination delivery to central warehouses or multiple sites, specifications requiring USDA/FDA compliance and temperature maintenance, and awards to low-responsive-responsible bidders. Geographic activity spans Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, correctional and supported living centers), Oregon (DOC frozen vegetables), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County corrections), Georgia (school districts and county services), Illinois (state veterans home), Connecticut (school nutrition), and New Jersey (DSS nutrition assistance). The frozen-woodear-mushroom code shows no match to these opportunity patterns and warrants monitoring rather than immediate pursuit.