UNSPSC 50446217: Frozen pattypan squash

The variety of summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as pattypan squash that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50446217 Frozen pattypan squash, a Commodity code, does not map to the state and local procurement activity in the record. The source contains no recent opportunities soliciting frozen pattypan squash specifically. The opportunities tagged under this code—spanning frozen corn, frozen potatoes, bulk grocery items, supplemental food and consumables, school nutrition programs, and correctional facility food service—concern broader frozen vegetable and food procurement, not the narrow product line the code names. State and local buyers pursuing these opportunities are typically requesting frozen mixed vegetables, frozen carrots, frozen assorted blends, and commodity food bundles rather than a single frozen squash variety. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual solicitations suggests either miscoding in the source data or that frozen pattypan squash, if procured at all by state and local bodies, does not generate sufficient volume or frequency to appear in recent competitive notices.

The issuing bodies represented in the broader frozen-vegetable and food-service activity include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois state agencies, Georgia and New Jersey state procurements), county governments (Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Douglas County Georgia), municipalities (City of Bridgeport Connecticut), school districts (Fairfax County Virginia, Dallas ISD Texas, Rockwood R-VI Missouri, Savannah-Chatham Georgia, Burke County Georgia, Early County Georgia, Bulloch County Georgia, City Schools of Decatur Georgia), and transit or support authorities. School districts and state correctional institutions dominate the activity. Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and the Mid-Atlantic, with secondary activity in Illinois, Missouri, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' frozen corn procurement (ITB S2910000017451, due July 24, 2026), frozen potato products procurement (ITB S2910000017439, due July 24, 2026), the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items RFP (1,100+ line items, due June 30, 2026), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food and consumables IFB (210 line items, maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years). These solicitations emphasize FDA/USDA compliance, temperature control, shelf-life verification, Buy American provisions where applicable, liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million, and firm fixed pricing FOB destination with transportation prepaid by vendors.