UNSPSC 50452908: Frozen organic sanda chicory

The variety of organic chicory known as organic sanda chicory that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50452908 Frozen organic sanda chicory is a Commodity code that nominally designates a single frozen produce item. However, the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with that narrow scope. The solicitations actually cover broad food service procurement for school nutrition programs and state operations—including fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery staples, eggs, dairy, meats, grains, and supplies. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under or near this code include school districts (Early County Board of Education in Georgia, City Schools of Decatur in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Dallas Independent School District in Texas, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state purchasing offices (State of Georgia), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). The work being solicited ranges from line-by-line grocery and produce bids supporting child nutrition programs to comprehensive food supply and distribution contracts for 25,000+ students and district-wide as-needed purchasing arrangements.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri. Representative recent opportunities include the Early County Board of Education's June 8, 2026 IFB for approximately 300+ food items plus non-food supplies and fluid milk delivery supporting the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program; the Douglas County School System's February 18, 2026 RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million (Area One) and $1.1 million (Area Two); Rockwood R-VI School District's April 29, 2026 IFB for over 900 line-item grocery items across multiple categories with electronic submission through NUTRIKIDS; and Dallas Independent School District's April 2, 2026 RFP for various food products not available through main commodity bids, with awards on a line-item basis and evaluation emphasizing compliance with Texas Legislative Bill #314 ingredient restrictions. The code shows substantial ongoing demand from school nutrition programs, though the mismatch between the Commodity code's narrow definition and the breadth of actual procurement activity suggests either tagging inconsistency or use of this code as a catch-all for produce-adjacent food service buying.