UNSPSC 50452706: Frozen organic giant red celery

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

UNSPSC 50452706 Frozen organic giant red celery, a Commodity code, nominally describes a single food product line but does not align with the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local activity. State and local issuing bodies are using this code to tag broad food procurement across general shelf-stable products, fresh produce, dairy, proteins, and non-food kitchen supplies rather than frozen organic celery specifically. Recent solicitations span county governments, state agencies, and school districts purchasing food items and supplies to support senior services programs, institutional food service, and school meal programs (National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program). The scope of work includes line-item bidding on multi-category food inventories — canned proteins, grains, dairy, produce, bread products, cleaning supplies, and food-service disposables — as well as standing purchase arrangements with delivery schedules, temperature-control requirements, domestic sourcing preferences, and compliance with USDA nutrition standards. Award is typically made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a line-by-line or case-by-case basis.

The code shows recent activity concentrated in Georgia, with three opportunities posted between May and October 2026. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issued an informal written quote request (IWQ 140229) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for the Department of Community Services, due October 19, 2026, with delivery required by December 7, 2026 to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center in Lawrenceville. The State of Georgia posted a food and kitchen products bid (Solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009) with a June 22, 2026 response deadline. Early County Board of Education solicited line-by-line food bids (PE55045NONST2027000000006) covering over 300 food items and 60 non-food products for school meal programs across three schools, due June 8, 2026, with a contract period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. This code does not show substantive recent activity beyond Georgia; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope (frozen organic giant red celery) and the actual breadth of food procurement being tagged under it suggests either miscategorization by the issuing bodies or a legacy classification issue within this code.