UNSPSC 50361814: Canned or jarred european barberries

The variety of barberries known as european barberries that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361814 Canned or jarred European barberries is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy canned and jarred produce—primarily applesauce and other shelf-stable fruit products—under this code, along with broader food-service ingredients and consumables for institutional food service. The recent opportunities show school districts, state corrections and health agencies, county boards of education, and municipal nutrition services issuing RFQs, RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs for canned fruit (especially applesauce), dried fruit bars, and mixed food and consumable products to supply cafeterias, detention facilities, veterans' homes, and senior or assisted-living centers. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and health services, county school boards, city school districts, county boards of commissioners, and state agencies. Oregon Department of Corrections and the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office appear as repeat buyers in the recent block, with the latter soliciting weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy under both brand-specific and brand-or-equal specifications multiple times in the past six months.

Recent activity is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, Southeast, and Texas, with posted opportunities from Oregon, Georgia, Illinois, Connecticut, Texas, and Arizona. Representative solicitations include Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016975 for approximately 1,904 cases of canned fruit applesauce (due June 2, 2026), priced historically at $21.827 per case with a 5 percent preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders; Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps for food service (due July 16, 2026); and Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical prior-period value of $1.5 million (due July 13, 2026). A Texas TDCJ IFB (304T26300CF) issued May 4, 2026, covered approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products including canned fruits for delivery to six warehouse locations across the state. Buy American provisions (requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed products) appear in school district and municipal solicitations; prevailing wage, commercial liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million), and state prompt payment act compliance are standard.