UNSPSC 50456203: Frozen organic costata romanesca squash

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

UNSPSC 50456203 Frozen organic costata romanesca squash, a Commodity code, addresses frozen specialty vegetable procurement by state and local governments, though recent solicitation activity under this code shows minimal representation of this specific product. State and local buyers across education, county social services, and state-level food programs do solicit frozen vegetables as line items within broader food-procurement categories, typically as part of larger shelf-stable or fresh-produce portfolios for school meal programs, senior services, and institutional food service. The Early County Board of Education's June 2026 food-bid solicitation, for example, encompassed vegetables among its 300+ food items for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with emphasis on domestic sourcing, low-sodium formulations, and products without added sugars or artificial additives. Issuing bodies include county departments of community services, state food-procurement offices, independent school districts, and county boards of education. Most recent activity appears concentrated in Georgia, reflecting school nutrition program expansions and senior services food procurement.

Geographic activity is centered in Georgia, with recent opportunities posted by Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (October 2026 informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of food items for senior services), the State of Georgia (May 2026 bid for food and kitchen products), and Early County Board of Education (May 2026 line-by-line bid for school meal programs). The code shows limited standalone activity; frozen vegetables typically appear as subordinate line items within broader institutional food solicitations rather than as standalone commodity awards. Buyers emphasize delivery logistics (F.O.B. destination, temperature control for refrigerated items, Monday-through-Friday daytime windows), compliance with USDA nutrition standards and Buy American provisions, price stability with escalation tied to USDA or CPI indices, and vendor insurance and food-safety certification. The purchasing pattern suggests this code is most active during school-year procurement cycles and in connection with senior and community services food programs, though the specific frozen romanesca squash product appears rarely if ever as a named line item in recent state and local solicitations reviewed.