UNSPSC 50445300: Frozen peanuts

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

UNSPSC 50445300 Frozen peanuts (Class) spans institutional and school food procurement, where state and local governments source shelf-stable proteins and snack items for correctional facilities, state hospitals, supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. Recent opportunities show frozen peanuts appearing as line items within broader food-supply bids—typically grouped with canned proteins, vegetables, and other commodities rather than procured standalone. The work is actually broader than the code's nominal scope: issuing bodies are purchasing mixed frozen-food baskets and institutional cafeteria stocks that happen to include peanut products, often specified alongside peanut butter and other shelf-stable proteins.

Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and health services, county purchasing offices managing correctional facilities, school districts operating nutrition programs, and state supported living centers. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) Correctional Facility, and multiple Georgia and Texas school districts appear repeatedly in recent bids. Geographic spread is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New Jersey, with school districts in the Southeast and state correctional or institutional foodservice programs nationwide. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County (Georgia) requesting 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items including proteins due October 19, 2026 (IWQ 140229); Texas HHSC soliciting frozen food products for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, approximately $9 million estimated annual volume with a maximum potential value of $19 million over the contract period (IFB HHS0017338, responses due August 18, 2026); Oregon Department of Corrections bidding frozen vegetables and potatoes totaling 360,000 to 120,000 pounds with Oregon-vendor preferences of up to 10 percent (ITBs, July 2026); and Burke County Public Schools (Georgia) seeking nearly 400 line items for five schools (sealed bids due June 5, 2026). Most procurements use IFB or ITB notice types with responses typically due within two to six weeks, firm fixed pricing, and F.O.B. destination delivery to institutional warehouses or cafeterias.