UNSPSC 50454506: Frozen organic split red lentils

The variety of organic lentils known as organic split red lentils that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50454506 Frozen organic split red lentils is a Commodity-level code that nominally covers frozen legume products, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little relevance to the specific commodity named. State and local agencies are instead soliciting broadly across food service categories — frozen foods, fresh produce, dairy, proteins, grains, and related grocery staples — to support school nutrition programs, state operations, and institutional food service. The issuing bodies include state departments (Georgia), county school systems (Early County Board of Education, Rockwood R-VI School District in St. Louis County, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System in Georgia), city school districts (City Schools of Decatur, Dallas Independent School District), and special-purpose district cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 school districts across Georgia). School nutrition procurement dominates the recent activity, with multiple districts posting annual food supply contracts tied to the July-June fiscal year.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Missouri, and Texas. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) posted two major RFPs in early 2026: one for fresh produce and eggs across a 30-district cooperative with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (due March 4, 2026), and a companion RFP for main-line food supply and distribution services with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (due February 18, 2026). The Early County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited line-by-line bids for food and non-food products supporting the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program across three schools (due June 8, 2026). The City Schools of Decatur (Georgia) issued an IFB for frozen foods and grocery items for its School Nutrition Program with delivery to ten schools (due May 15, 2026). The Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services (Missouri) solicited bids for over 900 grocery line items with NUTRIKIDS electronic submission (due April 29, 2026). Dallas Independent School District (Texas) posted an RFP for various food products not available through its main commercial commodity bids, with lot-based bidding options and M/WBE program encouragement (due April 2, 2026). The State of Georgia issued broad food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitations (due June 22, 2026) and fresh produce IFBs (due May 27, 2026). Vendors pursuing this code should note the mismatch between the nominal commodity (frozen organic split red lentils) and actual procurement scope (general food service categories), and should interpret the code as part of broader school nutrition and institutional food supply activities rather than as a specialized legume product category.