UNSPSC 50451500: Frozen organic artichokes

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

UNSPSC 50451500 Frozen organic artichokes is a Class code that nominally describes a single frozen produce item, but state and local procurement activity under this code does not center on artichokes—instead, the code is being used to tag much broader food service solicitations spanning school nutrition, institutional food service, and multi-commodity procurement. Recent opportunities include Georgia's State of Georgia food, supplies, and kitchen products bid (posted May 15, 2026, response due June 22, 2026); Early County Board of Education's fiscal 2027 food bid for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program covering meats, poultry, seafood, dairy, vegetables, fruits, grains, condiments, and miscellaneous products (posted May 11, 2026, response due June 8, 2026); and the State of Georgia's fresh produce IFB (posted April 20, 2026, response due May 27, 2026). The work being solicited is primarily institutional food service provisioning—fresh produce, frozen and grocery items, dairy, meats, eggs, bread products, and non-food kitchen supplies—driven by school districts and state agencies serving cafeteria operations. Issuing bodies include state departments (Georgia), independent school districts (Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Dallas Independent School District), and regional buying cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative through Douglas County School System).

Geographic activity clusters in Georgia and Missouri, with additional solicitations from Texas. Representative recent opportunities include City Schools of Decatur's IFB for frozen foods and grocery items for the School Nutrition Program (posted April 16, 2026, response due May 15, 2026 via Bonfire portal); Rockwood R-VI School District's bid for over 900 grocery line items including snacks, fruits, vegetables, breads, dairy, beverages, and prepared entrees (posted March 31, 2026, electronic bids due April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS system); Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's bid for 72 fresh produce items (posted March 22, 2026, response due April 23, 2026); Dallas Independent School District's RFP for various food products including specialty items, spices, and ice cream not available through main commodity bids (posted February 22, 2026, response due April 2, 2026); and Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million and $1.1 million by geographic area (posted February 4, 2026, response due March 4, 2026). School districts consistently require firm pricing, Buy American compliance, HACCP plans, liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000 minimums), E-Verify authorization, and food safety documentation including food recall procedures and temperature-control specifications for refrigerated and frozen goods.