UNSPSC 50446854: Frozen spoonwart

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

UNSPSC 50446854 Frozen spoonwart is a Commodity code that sees active state and local procurement activity focused on frozen vegetables, particularly specialty and commodity assortments used in institutional food service. State and local buyers under this code are purchasing frozen corn, frozen potatoes (french fries, wedges, tater tots), frozen carrots, frozen mixed-vegetable blends, and frozen assorted-vegetable selections to supply correctional facilities, state supported living centers, school districts, and other public institutions. The issuing bodies are primarily state departments of corrections and health and human services, county correctional facilities, school districts, and state agencies. Oregon Department of Corrections appears as a significant repeat buyer, having posted multiple frozen-vegetable solicitations in recent months. School districts across Georgia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and other states regularly bid frozen vegetables as components of broader grocery procurements tied to child nutrition programs, though these are typically line items within larger food-service RFPs rather than standalone frozen-vegetable contracts.

Recent activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITBs in February, March, April, June, and July 2026 for frozen carrots, assorted blend vegetables, corn, and potato products under the state's cooperative purchasing system, with responses due at 9:00 a.m. PST and delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem. Texas agencies—the Department of Criminal Justice, Health and Human Services Commission, and Comptroller of Public Accounts—have posted cafeteria food-product solicitations encompassing frozen vegetables as component line items, with firm, fixed FOB Destination pricing and delivery to multiple warehouse locations. Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Burke County, Early County, City Schools of Decatur, and Savannah-Chatham County) regularly solicit frozen vegetables as part of National School Lunch Program grocery bids, typically requiring weekly deliveries Monday through Friday with compliance to Buy American provisions and USDA nutritional standards. Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections Vegetables Frozen, Corn ITB (S2910000017451, due July 24, 2026, approximately 40,000 pounds at reference pricing of $0.498 per pound); the Vegetables Frozen, Potatoes ITB (S2910000017439, due July 24, 2026, 120,000 pounds estimated at prior pricing of $0.3811 per pound); and the Bulloch County Board of Education School Nutrition bid (IFB #043025, May 4, 2026 deadline) encompassing frozen vegetables as part of a multi-category grocery procurement. Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food solicitation (HHS0016792V2, extended to March 19, 2026) included frozen specialty foods and vegetables for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, representing a $4.5 million maximum potential contract value over three years.