UNSPSC 50456849: Frozen organic paprika

The type of organic vegetable known as organic paprika that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50456849 Frozen organic paprika, a Commodity code, nominally represents a single specialty ingredient product; however, recent state and local solicitations show little activity specifically targeting frozen organic paprika. Instead, the code appears in the broader context of school nutrition and food service procurement, where state agencies, school districts, and purchasing cooperatives bid for comprehensive food product bundles that may incidentally include specialty spices or frozen ingredients alongside mainstream commodities. School districts and state entities buying under this code are seeking multi-category food supply contracts—fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, frozen prepared items, and ancillary supplies—rather than paprika as a line item. The issuing bodies are predominantly public school districts (Early County Board of Education, Decatur City Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, and Douglas County School System), state departments (State of Georgia), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 school districts across Georgia), reflecting the dominance of K–12 child nutrition programs in driving food procurement under this classification.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary activity in Texas and broader multistate regional coverage through cooperative purchasing. Representative opportunities include the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026), serving 30 districts across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million; Dallas ISD's RFP for various food products for child nutrition services (due April 2, 2026), covering spice lots and specialty items for the 2026–2027 school year; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's annual fresh produce contract (due April 23, 2026), encompassing 72 line items across 60 schools; and Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation in Missouri (due April 29, 2026), spanning over 900 line items. The code sees no standout repeat buyers beyond the school district cluster, and no recent solicitations explicitly list frozen organic paprika as a named commodity—the classification appears to be a technical tagging choice within much larger food supply aggregations rather than a primary market driver.