UNSPSC 50453604: Frozen organic chioggia endives

The variety of organic endives known as organic chioggia endives that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50453604 Frozen organic chioggia endives is a Commodity code that nominally addresses a single frozen vegetable product, but recent state and local opportunities show no solicitations specifically requesting frozen organic chioggia endives. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code encompass broad food service procurement across multiple categories — fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery staples, dairy, meats, and prepared items — typically for school nutrition programs and institutional food operations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with solicitations from Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System, alongside state-level procurement from the State of Georgia and Dallas Independent School District. The code shows little relevance to its stated commodity scope; instead, it appears to capture general institutional food procurement.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary activity in Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education's RFP for food and non-food products to support the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, due June 8, 2026, encompassing approximately 300 food items and 60 non-food and paper cleaning supplies delivered Monday through Friday with domestic sourcing and whole-grain preferences; the State of Georgia's IFB Fresh Produce #4 2027-2026, due May 27, 2026, for fresh produce supply and delivery to state locations; City Schools of Decatur's IFB for frozen foods and grocery items for the 2026-2027 school year, due May 15, 2026, requiring HACCP plans and $1,000,000 general liability insurance; and Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas, due March 4, 2026, with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual procurement activity suggests either a taxonomy classification issue or use of the code as a catch-all for general institutional food service rather than a specific frozen endive product line.