UNSPSC 50456816: Frozen organic cha-om

The type of organic vegetable known as organic cha-om that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50456816 Frozen organic cha-om is a Commodity code that nominally names a specific frozen leafy vegetable product. The recent state and local opportunities indexed under this code do not reflect procurement of frozen cha-om; instead, they span a broad family of food-service items — fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery staples, eggs, dairy, meats, and prepared entrees — solicited by school districts and state agencies to support child nutrition and food-service programs. The code's application here appears misaligned with its narrow product definition. State and local governments buying under this tag are school districts of varying sizes (from the Rockwood R-VI School District serving approximately 19,000 students to the Dallas Independent School District serving substantially larger populations), county school systems, and state procurement offices. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix; these jurisdictions source food for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and related child nutrition services.

Recent opportunities cluster heavily in Georgia and Missouri, with additional activity in Texas. The Douglas County School System in Georgia has issued two significant RFPs — one for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts spanning approximately $5.5 million in estimated annual spending (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) and another for food supply and distribution services to 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026). The Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services in St. Louis County, Missouri is soliciting grocery items comprising over 900 line items for the 2026-27 school year (bid due April 29, 2026). In Georgia, the City Schools of Decatur issued an IFB for frozen foods and grocery items for its School Nutrition Program (due May 15, 2026), the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System solicited fresh produce for 60 school sites (Bid 26-34, due April 23, 2026), and the State of Georgia itself posted a general food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation (due June 22, 2026). The Dallas Independent School District issued an RFP for various food products not available through main commercial bids (due April 2, 2026). Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options and firm pricing for the initial contract year.