UNSPSC 50452703: Frozen organic chinese celery

The variety of organic celery known as organic chinese celery that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50452703 Frozen organic chinese celery, a Commodity code, nominally encompasses frozen, organically grown celery products for institutional procurement. In practice, state and local governments rarely solicit frozen organic celery as a line item; the recent opportunities block shows no direct procurement matching this specific product. Recent solicitations across the code's nominal scope instead reveal school districts and state agencies procuring consolidated food service portfolios—fresh produce bundles, frozen foods and grocery items, and ancillary kitchen supplies—where individual commodities like celery appear embedded in broad line-item catalogs rather than as standalone frozen organic products. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Dallas Independent School District, Douglas County School System) and state agencies (State of Georgia), with one special-purpose cooperative vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts across Georgia). All solicitations are school nutrition program contracts supporting federal National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, with contract periods typically running July 1 through June 30 and firm pricing requirements during the contract year.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary activity in Texas. Representative solicitations include the Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (RFP, due June 8, 2026) encompassing 300+ food items with emphasis on domestic sourcing and low-sodium formulations; the City Schools of Decatur's Invitation for Bid for frozen foods and grocery items (IFB, due May 15, 2026) specifying whole-grain standards and zero trans fat per serving across ten school sites; the Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items procurement (IFB via NUTRIKIDS system, due April 29, 2026) covering over 900 line items with firm pricing for the full contract year; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's fresh produce bid (IFB via Bonfire, due April 23, 2026) for 72 produce items across 60 school sites; and the Douglas County School System's coordinated RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026) with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million across two geographic areas. These opportunities emphasize Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, food recall procedures, general liability insurance ($1 million minimum), E-Verify authorization, and firm pricing with limited mid-contract adjustment provisions tied to documented market data or manufacturer increases.