UNSPSC 50454100: Frozen organic herbs

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

UNSPSC 50454100 Frozen organic herbs is a Class code that captures state and local procurement of food products for institutional feeding operations, though recent activity under this code shows minimal specificity to frozen herbs alone. Instead, issuing bodies tag broad food-service and grocery solicitations under this code, including comprehensive weekly or quarterly food orders, supplemental consumables for state hospitals and supported living centers, cafeteria products for correctional facilities, and K-12 school district grocery and produce contracts. The work spans fresh and frozen proteins, dairy, grains, produce, prepared entrees, snacks, and food-service supplies delivered to multiple sites on recurring schedules. Issuing bodies include state health and human services agencies, state corrections departments, county school districts, and independent school districts, with state-level procurement offices in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Missouri posting the majority of recent solicitations.

Geographic concentration is strongest in Texas, where the Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice, and Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division have posted multiple IFBs since February 2026 for institutional food and consumables, and Georgia, where the Douglas County School System and state purchasing offices have issued RFPs for produce and grocery items through cooperative purchasing vehicles. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (posted June 11, 2026, due July 13, 2026) for food and consumables for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with prior-period expenditure of $1.5 million; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF (posted May 4, 2026, response deadline extended to May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across multiple warehouse locations; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27, 2026) requiring delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; and Rockwood School District's grocery items solicitation (posted March 31, 2026, due April 29, 2026) covering over 900 line items for 6,900 daily lunch participants. Illinois and Missouri school districts have also posted periodic solicitations. Most contracts run twelve months with optional renewals, require firm fixed pricing, specify delivery frequency and temperature requirements, and award on lowest responsive bid or best-value criteria with single or multiple vendor awards on a line-item basis.