UNSPSC 50456202: Frozen organic butternut squash

The variety of organic summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as organic butternut squash that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50456202 Frozen organic butternut squash is a Commodity code that maps to school nutrition procurement activity, though the recent opportunities block shows no direct solicitations for frozen organic butternut squash alone. Instead, state and local governments are buying frozen and fresh produce items as components of broader school nutrition contracts that encompass dozens to hundreds of line items spanning vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared foods. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent solicitations from the Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, and Dallas Independent School District. A few state-level and municipal buyers—the State of Georgia and county-level cooperative purchasing vehicles—also appear in the recent activity. Most procurement is structured as annual IFB or RFP cycles tied to the July-to-June school fiscal year, with contract awards typically made on a line-item basis allowing multiple vendors to supply individual produce or food categories based on lowest responsive pricing. Vendors must comply with USDA Buy American provisions, maintain HACCP plans, carry substantial general liability insurance (typically $1 million per occurrence), and often satisfy E-Verify and debarment-certification requirements.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri, with notable solicitations from the State of Georgia (fresh produce IFB, due May 27, 2026), Early County Schools in Georgia (food bid for three schools, due June 8, 2026), City Schools of Decatur, Georgia (frozen foods and grocery IFB, due May 15, 2026), Rockwood R-VI School District in St. Louis County, Missouri (over 900 grocery line items, bids due April 29, 2026), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia (72 fresh produce items, due April 23, 2026), Douglas County School System in Georgia (fresh produce and eggs for 30 districts through GEC cooperative, due March 4, 2026, with estimated annual spend of $4.4–$1.1 million by area), and Dallas Independent School District in Texas (various food products not on main commodity bids, due April 2, 2026). The code sees steady activity in the school nutrition space, but no specific solicitations naming frozen organic butternut squash as a line item appear in the recent-opportunities block.