UNSPSC 50362502: Canned or jarred brooks cherries

The variety of cherries known as brooks cherries that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50362502 Canned or jarred brooks cherries, a Commodity code, names a narrow product line that state and local governments rarely buy directly; instead, recent opportunities tag this code while procuring canned or jarred fruit items more broadly—applesauce, mixed canned fruit, and canned items within larger food service contracts. The Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and multiple school districts across Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and other states solicit canned and jarred fruit under this code's family and class tiers as components of institutional food service. Recent activity shows state corrections facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and municipal food service operations issuing ITBs, RFPs, and IFBs that include canned fruit products—often alongside fresh produce, frozen entrees, dairy, proteins, and supplies—as part of broader food and consumable procurement. The issuing bodies include state departments (corrections, health and human services), independent school districts, county boards of education, and municipal school systems. The code sees active competition in the institutional food service segment, where standardized canned fruit products meet USDA commodity and food safety specifications, reduce storage and handling costs, and support predictable menu planning across large meal-service populations.

Activity over the past six months concentrates in the South and Midwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 (closed July 31, 2026) for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce at $21.84 per case (historical award price), with five truckload deliveries and a 10% Oregon-source preference applied. Texas HHSC procured supplemental food and consumables statewide (HHS0016792V2, closed March 19, 2026; HHS0017449, closed July 11, 2026) including canned fruit and vegetables across 210+ line items for state hospitals and supported living centers with estimated values of $1.5 million to $4.5 million over multi-year terms. School nutrition programs in Georgia (Liberty County, Hancock County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Texas (Dallas ISD, Austin ISD), Connecticut (Bridgeport), and Virginia (Fairfax County) issued contracts for food products including canned fruit as components of larger grocery and food service awards. No recent opportunities cite this code at commodity level alone; procurement activity bundles canned fruit within food and consumable services contracts requiring responses on 200–900+ line items, firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery, compliance with Buy American and USDA food safety specifications, and award to single or multiple vendors based on best value or lowest-responsive-responsible-bidder criteria.