UNSPSC 50456211: Frozen organic jack be little squash

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

UNSPSC 50456211 Frozen organic jack be little squash is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual procurement activity visible in recent state and local opportunities. The code's nominal scope names a specific produce item, yet the recent solicitations posted under this code span broad categories of food service supplies—including fresh produce, frozen grocery items, eggs, spices, dairy, meats, grains, and non-food kitchen supplies—procured for school nutrition programs, state operations, and institutional food service. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state agencies in Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, with secondary activity from county-level school systems. Repeat buyers include the Douglas County School System (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Dallas Independent School District (Texas), and the State of Georgia itself, suggesting concentration among large school systems and state procurement offices managing centralized or cooperative food-service contracts.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, where recent activity includes the State of Georgia procurement for fresh produce (IFB, May 27 response date), the City Schools of Decatur for frozen foods and grocery items (IFB, May 15 response date), Early County Board of Education for food and non-food products supporting the National School Lunch Program (line-by-line bid, June 8 response date), the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System for fresh produce (sealed bid, April 23 response date), and the Douglas County School System for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts (RFP, March 4 response date). Texas and Missouri show secondary volume through Dallas Independent School District's food products RFP (April 2 response date) and Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation (April 29 response date). School nutrition programs and institutional food service dominate the purchasing pattern; contract terms typically run July through June on annual cycles with renewal options, and qualification requirements consistently include HACCP plans, food recall procedures, Buy American compliance, E-Verify authorization, and general liability insurance in the $500,000 to $2,000,000 range.