UNSPSC 50445003: Frozen naranjilla

The variety of nightshades known as naranjilla that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445003 Frozen naranjilla, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual procurement activity under this classification. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code are instead soliciting frozen vegetables broadly — frozen corn, frozen carrots, frozen assorted blends, and other commodity vegetables — predominantly for institutional food service at correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and school districts. The code's nominal scope (a specific fruit) bears no relationship to what is actually being bought, which is commodity-grade frozen vegetables in bulk quantities (typically 40,000 to 400,000 pounds per solicitation) delivered FOB destination to central distribution points or school nutrition warehouses. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, state health and human services commissions, county school boards, city school systems, and county correctional facilities across multiple states. Oregon Department of Corrections has posted at least four separate frozen vegetable ITBs since February 2026, making it a standout repeat buyer; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and multiple Georgia school districts (including Bulloch County, Burke County, Early County, Savannah-Chatham, and City Schools of Decatur) are also active repeat solicitors under this code.

Recent opportunities cluster in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Connecticut, Illinois, and New Jersey, with the heaviest activity in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division ITB S2910000017451 for frozen corn (40,000 pounds, bids due July 24, 2026, with a reference price of $0.498 per pound from a prior August 2025 award); the same agency's ITB S2910000017439 for frozen potato products (120,000 pounds french fries and wedges, due July 24, 2026, with prior award at $0.3811 per pound); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products supporting the El Paso State Supported Living Center (proposals due July 13, 2026, prior period value of $1.5 million); and the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicitation BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of grocery items including frozen products for the Board of Education (bids due June 30, 2026, with Buy American and nutrition-standards requirements). All recent ITBs and IFBs emphasize firm fixed pricing inclusive of transportation and fuel, FOB destination delivery, minimum shelf-life requirements (typically six months for frozen goods), FDA/USDA compliance and HACCP standards, and liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2,000,000. Oregon state solicitations carry five percent preferences for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-resident bidders; federal school nutrition contracts carry Buy American provisions requiring over 51 percent domestic agricultural content and compliance with Child Nutrition Act standards and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition requirements.