UNSPSC 50456611: Frozen organic giant pumpkin squash

The variety of organic winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as organic giant pumpkin squash that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50456611 Frozen organic giant pumpkin squash is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitation activity, does not reflect the actual purchasing pattern under this code. The recent opportunities tagged to this code show no solicitations explicitly requesting frozen organic giant pumpkin squash or any other frozen specialty produce item. Instead, the tagged opportunities span broad food service procurement for school nutrition programs and state operations—including fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery items, eggs, and comprehensive food supply and distribution contracts. The issuing bodies are school districts (Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, Dallas Independent School District, Douglas County School System) and state agencies (State of Georgia). These jurisdictions solicit food contracts repeatedly and in large volume to support National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program obligations. The scope of work spans line-item food bids covering hundreds of products, multi-vendor commodity procurement through cooperative purchasing agreements (GEC Buying Cooperative), and full-service food supply and distribution with cold-chain logistics.

The geographic concentration is in Georgia and Missouri, with Georgia school districts appearing most frequently in recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 (February 18, 2026 deadline) for a main-line food service distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of $9 million; Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (March 4, 2026 deadline) through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two; and Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (June 8, 2026 deadline) covering 300+ food items and 60+ non-food supplies for three schools. Dallas Independent School District issued an RFP on February 22, 2026 (April 2 deadline) for various food products including specialty items not in main commodity bids. The mismatch between this code's nominal scope (frozen organic giant pumpkin squash) and actual purchasing activity suggests the code classification is misaligned with real procurement need, or the code sees minimal independent demand and is instead bundled into broader food service contracts where frozen specialty produce would be incidental to larger food supply arrangements.