UNSPSC 50446818: Frozen chickpeas

The type of vegetable known as chickpeas that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50446818 Frozen chickpeas, a Commodity code, represents a narrow slice of state and local procurement activity — the code itself appears virtually unused in recent state and local solicitations, while the broader category of frozen vegetables and food products sees consistent demand across correctional facilities, school districts, and state health and human services agencies. The source contains no recent opportunities explicitly tagged to frozen chickpeas; instead, the opportunities block captures adjacent frozen-vegetable and institutional-food solicitations, indicating that state and local buyers pursuing legumes or specialty frozen proteins typically source them as line items within broader grocery, produce, or food-service RFPs rather than standalone commodity buys.

State and local governments buying under this code or related frozen-vegetable categories span correctional departments, school nutrition programs, and state health and human services commissions across Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Virginia. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple ITBs for frozen vegetables (carrots, corn, mixed blends, assorted varieties) with response windows in the June-to-July 2026 timeframe, offering five-percent in-state processing and residency preferences; Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have issued IFBs covering 200+ line items of supplemental and cafeteria food products, with contract values in the $1.5 million to $4.5 million range over one to three years; school districts in Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Connecticut, and Texas are actively soliciting line-item food bids supporting National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, with firm pricing, Buy American compliance, and HACCP plan requirements standard across these procurements. Correctional and institutional food service contracting typically specifies FOB Destination delivery, per-unit or per-pound pricing, six-month to one-year shelf life, Grade A or B USDA compliance, and minimum general liability insurance of $500,000 to $1 million per occurrence. Absent explicit recent activity on frozen chickpeas specifically, vendors targeting this code should monitor school nutrition, correctional food service, and state health department procurement channels, where chickpeas and other legumes appear as line items within broader frozen-vegetable or specialty-protein solicitations rather than standalone category buys.