UNSPSC 50445401: Frozen purple hull peas

The variety of peas known as purple hull peas that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445401 Frozen purple hull peas (Commodity) covers frozen legume products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations, though the recent opportunities block shows limited direct solicitation of this specific item. Instead, the code sits within a broader family of frozen vegetable procurement where state departments, county facilities, school districts, and correctional agencies regularly source frozen produce. The actual buying pattern reflects demand across multiple frozen commodity types—frozen carrots, mixed vegetables, assorted blends, and specialty frozen proteins—with state correction and education entities dominating the issuing-body mix. Correctional facilities and school nutrition programs are the primary buyers, followed by health and human services agencies operating state hospitals and supported living centers. Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple frozen-vegetable ITBs in recent months, as have Texas TDCJ, Texas HHSC, and Georgia school districts. The category demonstrates sustained procurement activity driven by standardized meal-service operations at scale, with vendors required to meet FDA/USDA compliance, HACCP standards, specific shelf-life minimums, and temperature-maintenance requirements throughout the supply chain. Price-per-pound and per-case quoting is standard, and FOB Destination delivery to central distribution centers or school warehouses is the norm, with typical lead times ranging from 30 to 45 days after order.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and West. Oregon Department of Corrections has issued multiple ITBs for frozen vegetables (carrots, assorted blends, mixed vegetables) since February 2026, with responses due in late February through July 2026, offering 5% Oregon-goods preference and 5% resident-bidder preference stacked to 10% total. Texas TDCJ and Texas HHSC have posted overlapping frozen-food solicitations for correctional cafeteria and state-hospital meal service, with historical pricing guidance in recent awards showing unit costs from $0.30 to $0.69 per pound depending on item and case size. Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Early County, Burke County, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County) have issued RFPs and IFBs for frozen and fresh produce through April and May 2026, with contract periods beginning July 1, 2026. Pennsylvania (Montgomery County) and Connecticut (Bridgeport) school and facility procurements round out the visible activity. The code shows no recent activity in the Midwest or Northeast beyond Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Bidders pursuing this code should monitor frozen-vegetable ITBs from state DOC and school-district nutrition programs in the South and Pacific Northwest, verify compliance with Buy American provisions where applicable (school nutrition programs require 51% domestic content), confirm shelf-life and temperature-chain specifications 60–180 days before responding, and track state and local preferences—Oregon's stacked vendor preference and Texas's HUB set-asides affect competitiveness.