UNSPSC 50361616: Canned or jarred flaming gold apricots

The variety of apricots known as flaming gold apricots that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361616 Canned or jarred flaming gold apricots is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products purchased by state and local governments for food service operations, including senior services, corrections facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and institutional dining. Recent solicitations show this code captures a broader range of canned fruit procurement—not flaming gold apricots specifically, but applesauce, mixed canned fruits, and other shelf-stable fruit items used across institutional food service. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county boards of education, state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, city and county social services departments, school districts, and state veterans homes. The work involves competitive bidding for large-volume canned fruit deliveries under firm fixed pricing, with deliveries typically FOB destination and all transportation prepaid by the contractor.

Activity spans multiple states with recent solicitations from Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026, with a historical price of $21.84 per case and delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with a March 19, 2026 response deadline and a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins due October 19, 2026, for delivery to the Senior Services Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia; and the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food order solicitations for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy for the September–December period. Institutional food service procurement under this code typically requires compliance with USDA commodity specifications, Buy American provisions for school nutrition programs, liability insurance, delivery within 45–72 hours or scheduled intervals, and firm pricing for the contract term.