UNSPSC 50446838: Frozen lo bok

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

UNSPSC 50446838 Frozen lo bok, a Commodity code, does not match the work actually being solicited in recent state and local opportunities. The code's nominal scope names a single frozen vegetable product (lo bok, a Chinese cabbage), yet recent state and local procurement under this tag spans comprehensive frozen and fresh food service provisioning—frozen corn, potatoes, mixed vegetables, carrots, and broad grocery assortments—suggesting either a classification mismatch or upstream categorization error in the source data.

State and local governments soliciting under this code are correctional facilities, school districts, and state agencies spanning Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Illinois, and Missouri. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple ITBs for frozen vegetables (corn, potatoes, carrots, assorted blends) with July 2026 deadlines and Oregon-resident vendor preferences capped at 10 percent combined; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Health and Human Services Commission have solicited cafeteria and supplemental food products with response deadlines in May and June 2026; school districts including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), and the City Schools of Decatur (Georgia) are seeking comprehensive grocery and frozen-food suppliers for 2026–2027 academic years with bids due April through June 2026; and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) required grocery bids by June 30, 2026, subject to Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content) and National School Lunch Program compliance. None of these recent opportunities specifically target lo bok or single-item frozen vegetables; instead, they treat frozen vegetables as one commodity within multi-hundred-line-item food service contracts. The code shows active procurement volume across multiple issuing bodies but little evidence of specialization in the product the code nominally describes.