UNSPSC 50361528: Canned or jarred gilliflower apples

The variety of apples known as giliflower apples that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361528 Canned or jarred gilliflower apples, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product category that state and local governments procure primarily as shelf-stable fruit inventory for institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show that state and local bodies are actually buying canned applesauce, canned pears, and related canned or shelf-stable fruit products — not gilliflower apples specifically — indicating a significant mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work being solicited under it. The issuing bodies span correctional facilities (Oregon Department of Corrections), school districts (Austin Independent School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office, State of Georgia), and municipalities (City of Bridgeport). School districts emerge as the dominant and repeat buyer in this category, with multiple large systems (Fairfax County Public Schools, Dallas Independent School District, Douglas County School System in Georgia, Rockwood School District in Missouri) soliciting food and produce contracts that include canned or shelf-stable fruit as line items within broader grocery or food service procurements. State departments of corrections and state-operated living centers and hospitals also buy regularly in this space.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas, with recent opportunities from Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Connecticut, Illinois, and Oregon. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with a July 31, 2026 response date (historical award price $21.84 per case); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0016792 for supplemental food and consumables statewide encompassing 210 line items including canned goods, with bids due February 23, 2026 and a maximum potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years; and the Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 with multiple food categories including canned items and sealed bids due April 27, 2026. Buy American and domestic-content preferences appear in most school district procurements, typically requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content for processed products. Award methodologies vary from lowest-price to best-value evaluation, and most contracts run calendar or school-year terms with firm pricing, though some permit midterm adjustments tied to manufacturer price increases of 5 percent or greater or to labor indices.