UNSPSC 50445609: Cocktail frozen potatoes

Variety of potatoes of smaller sizes known as cocktail potatoes which have been frozen to be preserved.

UNSPSC 50445609 Cocktail frozen potatoes (Commodity) represents a narrow product category within institutional food service procurement, but the recent solicitations tagged under this code show no direct activity in the specific product—cocktail or processed frozen potato products. The code's abstract definition does not align with the actual state and local buying pattern documented in the recent opportunities block, which spans broad-spectrum food service procurement across multiple categories including proteins, vegetables, dairy, grains, and prepared foods for correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school districts, and county nutrition programs. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county facilities (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Gwinnett County, Georgia), school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Burke County Public Schools, Early County Schools, Ben Hill County Schools), and senior services centers. This code sees activity across Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, New Jersey, and Connecticut, driven by institutional food service demand rather than the specific frozen potato commodity.

Two representative recent solicitations illustrate the mismatch: the Oregon Department of Corrections posted ITB S2910000017439 on July 10, 2026 (due July 24) requesting 120,000 pounds of frozen potato products (french fries, wedges, tater tots) with a 10% Oregon preference and historical pricing at $0.3811 per pound, and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted informal written quotes IWQ 140229 on October 13, 2026 (due October 19) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables, proteins, rice, and pasta—neither procurement targets the specific cocktail frozen potato commodity. State and local procurement under this code reflects opportunistic purchasing of prepared frozen potatoes as one line item within much larger food service contracts rather than dedicated demand for cocktail potatoes, suggesting the code is either underutilized or misapplied to broader frozen vegetable and prepared-food solicitations. Pursuit should be limited unless you hold inventory of or can source bulk frozen potato products at institutional scale and can compete on delivery terms to central warehouses with FOB destination pricing and temperature-maintenance specifications typical of state correctional and health-care procurement.