UNSPSC 50445100: Frozen okras

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

UNSPSC 50445100 Frozen okras, a Class code, does not see meaningful recent activity in state and local procurement. The one solicitation nominally tagged to this code—Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000017692 for frozen vegetables (broccoli, assorted vegetable blends, corn, and green beans totaling 360,000 pounds)—names no okra among the line items requested, indicating a tagging mismatch rather than substantive procurement under the frozen-okra commodity. The source records show no recent state or local opportunities actually soliciting frozen okras as a standalone product or as a primary component of a solicitation. Institutional food-service buyers (state departments of corrections, health and human services commissions, school districts, and county correctional facilities) do post regular RFQs, RFBs, and ITBs for frozen vegetables, but the available records document demand for corn, broccoli, green beans, mixed assortments, and potato products—not okra specifically.

Geographic activity across state and local food procurement centers on Texas (Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice, and Comptroller of Public Accounts), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Early County Schools, Burke County Schools), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), Illinois (Department of Veterans Affairs), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), and New Jersey (Department of Human Services). None of these jurisdictions' recent opportunities explicitly list frozen okra as a line item or procurement focus. Vendors pursuing frozen-vegetable contracts in institutional food service should track the larger frozen-vegetable family (UNSPSC 50440000 and subordinate Class codes for individual vegetables) where active institutional demand is documented; this specific okra code appears dormant in current state and local procurement activity.