UNSPSC 50454104: Frozen organic caraway

The variety of organic herbs known as organic caraway that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50454104 Frozen organic caraway (Commodity) describes a single ingredient product line that state and local governments procure as part of institutional food service operations. Recent state and local solicitations frame the code narrowly—frozen caraway appears as one line item among hundreds in broader food and consumable products procurements for state-operated facilities, school districts, and institutional kitchens. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Human Services), state corrections systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), school districts (Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Douglas County in Georgia, Fairfax County in Virginia), and special-purpose purchasing cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). These entities buy frozen organic caraway as one commodity among many in food supply contracts that also include proteins, produce, dairy, dry goods, and consumable supplies—not as a standalone procurement.

The code shows recent activity concentrated in Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Georgia, and Virginia. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food and consumables bid (HHS0016792, revised HHS0016792V2, and HHS0017449) covering 210 line items including frozen specialty foods across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with a maximum contract value of $4.5 million over three years; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products solicitation (304T26300CF) for approximately 382 line items across five geographic distribution areas, extended to May 4, 2026; Rockwood R-VI School District's child nutrition services grocery items procurement (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027) for over 900 line items with bids due April 29, 2026; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323) with bids due April 27, 2026; and the Douglas County School System's food supply and distribution RFP (PE64810NONST2026000000046) with a $9 million annual expenditure requirement. Frozen organic caraway competes as a minor line item within these larger category-based awards; vendors pursuing the code must typically respond to 95 percent or greater of all line items in a solicitation and accept firm fixed pricing for multi-year terms.