UNSPSC 50453300: Frozen organic cresses

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

UNSPSC 50453300 Frozen organic cresses is a Class code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not reflect procurement of frozen organic cresses or any specialty produce subcategory. Instead, the opportunities represent broad school nutrition and food service procurement — fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery staples, and miscellaneous food products for school lunch and breakfast programs. The mismatch between the code name and actual buying activity suggests the code sees little relevant recent state and local solicitation activity aligned with its nominal scope. School districts and state food service operations are the issuing bodies driving activity in this general food procurement space, but their solicitations are tagged inconsistently across the UNSPSC taxonomy and do not concentrate under frozen organic produce codes.

Recent opportunities posted between February and June 2026 show heavy concentration in Georgia and Texas school nutrition procurement. The Douglas County School System in Georgia issued two major RFPs: a Food Supply and Distribution Services solicitation (due February 18, 2026) seeking a main-line distributor to deliver approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000, and a Fresh Produce and Eggs RFP (due March 4, 2026) serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas through the GEC Buying Cooperative with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. The City Schools of Decatur issued an IFB for Frozen Foods and Grocery items (due May 15, 2026), the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System solicited fresh produce (due April 23, 2026), and the State of Georgia issued procurement for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026) and general food supplies (due June 22, 2026). Outside Georgia, the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited grocery items over 900 line items (due April 29, 2026), and Dallas Independent School District in Texas sought various food products including specialty items for child nutrition services (due April 2, 2026). All contracts run through June 2027 with renewal options, require firm pricing, Buy American compliance, HACCP plans, and liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2,000,000 depending on the issuing body.