UNSPSC 50361642: Canned or jarred riland apricots

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

UNSPSC 50361642 Canned or jarred inland apricots is a Commodity code representing preserved fruit products that state and local government food service operations procure for institutional meal programs, though recent activity shows broader canned and jarred fruit purchasing across multiple product types rather than apricots exclusively. State and local buyers soliciting under this code span corrections facilities, school nutrition programs, health and human services agencies, and institutional food service operations. The Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and multiple school districts including Austin Independent School District and Dallas Independent School District have posted solicitations for canned fruit products—applesauce, dried fruit bars, and mixed food products—under IFB, RFP, and RFQ notice types within the past four months, with response dates ranging from June 17 through July 31, 2026. Scope varies considerably: the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 (due July 31, 2026) seeks 4,760 cases of canned applesauce in smooth or chunky varieties meeting USDA 2011 commodity specifications, with historical pricing of $21.84 per case, while broader food service procurement at Texas HHSC and school districts includes canned fruit as one line item within mixed-commodity packages covering hundreds of items.

Geographic concentration skews toward the South and Southwest, with active solicitations in Texas (HHSC, Dallas ISD, Hancock County Schools), Georgia (Douglas County Schools, Liberty County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Muscogee County Schools), and Oregon (Department of Corrections), alongside activity in Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia school districts. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix—representing the plurality of recent opportunities—followed by state health and human services agencies and state corrections facilities. Many school districts are procuring fresh produce, dried fruit items, and mixed grocery products through buying cooperatives such as GEC, and several districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Hancock County Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District) are executing multi-month contracting cycles with firm pricing, Buy American provisions, and renewals extending through 2027. The code shows consistent activity across institutional food service but little recent focus on apricots specifically; canned applesauce and broader preserved fruit categories dominate recent solicitations, suggesting the code's nominal commodity description does not reflect current purchasing patterns at state and local level.