UNSPSC 50446827: Frozen gai choy

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

UNSPSC 50446827 Frozen gai choy is a Commodity code that does not see meaningful recent procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The source records show frozen vegetable solicitations issued by state departments, counties, school districts, and other public entities, but none specifically named gai choy; instead, the recent opportunities focus on frozen corn, frozen potato products (french fries, wedges, tater tots), frozen carrots, frozen assorted vegetables, and mixed vegetables in bulk quantities for institutional food service, correctional facilities, and school nutrition programs. The code's abstract name and the work actually being solicited under it diverge substantially. When state and local procurement offices tag frozen-vegetable contracts with UNSPSC codes, they appear to use class-level or commodity-level codes based on the specific vegetable type and form factor (whole kernel corn, crinkle-cut carrots, mixed blends) rather than ethnic or varietal descriptors like gai choy. The issuing-body mix includes state corrections departments (Oregon, Texas), state health and human services commissions (Texas), school districts (Decatur, Bulloch County, Burke County, Ben Hill County, Rockwood, Fairfax County, Early County, Savannah-Chatham, Dallas, City of Bridgeport, Douglas County), and county facilities (Montgomery County); these represent the broadest spectrum of state and local food procurement activity in the recent record.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Southwest, with Georgia, Texas, and Oregon showing the most recent solicitation volume; Illinois, Connecticut, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and other states appear less frequently. The Oregon Department of Corrections alone posted multiple frozen-vegetable ITBs in the record, including Solicitation S2910000017451 (Vegetables Frozen, Corn) due July 24, 2026 and S2910000017439 (Potatoes, French Fries or Wedges) due July 24, 2026, both offering five percent Oregon-fabricated and five percent resident-bidder preferences for a combined ten percent advantage. School districts dominate the quantity of postings, with Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) soliciting grocery items and NOI products due April 29, 2026, Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) requesting Master Grocery K-12 bids due April 27, 2026, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) seeking annual fresh-produce contracts due April 23, 2026. Most recent opportunities specify firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, FOB destination delivery, HACCP and food-safety compliance, general liability insurance in the $500,000 to $2 million range, and Buy American or domestic-preference provisions where federally funded. Activity indicates the code sees no specific gai choy demand but instead routes institutional frozen-vegetable procurement through broader vegetable-type and form-factor codes.