UNSPSC 50445600: Frozen potatoes

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

UNSPSC 50445600 Frozen potatoes, a Class code, encompasses the procurement of frozen potato products—french fries, wedges, tater tots, and other processed frozen potato forms—by state and local government entities for institutional feeding, correctional facilities, and food service operations. State and local buying under this code centers on volume purchases from departments of corrections, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, county jails, and state agencies operating food service for employees and populations in custody or care. Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Health and Human Services Commission emerge as repeat buyers, with recent solicitations also from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (correctional facility) and multiple Texas state agencies managing food service for institutional populations.

Recent activity concentrates in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs in July 2026 for frozen potato products—one requesting approximately 120,000 pounds of french fries, wedges, and tater tots (S2910000017439, due July 24, 2026) and another for 40,000 pounds of frozen corn (S2910000017451, due July 24, 2026), both FOB destination to Salem with Oregon preferences totaling up to ten percent. Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple food service solicitations including frozen food products across state hospitals and living centers (HHS0017338, estimated $9 million annually through August 2028). Montgomery County, Pennsylvania solicited groceries and related items including frozen products for the correctional facility on an as-needed basis (Solicitation 426, due July 1, 2026, and Solicitation 726, due September 30, 2026). The Oregon solicitations require minimum six-month shelf life, Grade A or B potatoes, IQF processing, palletization on standard American pallets, and delivery within 30 to 45 days of order; pricing history from prior awards ranges from $0.3811 per pound (January 2026, JNS Foods) to $0.67 per pound. Award is made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder subject to state preferences, with no protests permitted under Oregon statutes.