UNSPSC 50362504: Canned or jarred bing cherries

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

UNSPSC 50362504 Canned or jarred bing cherries is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable preserved fruit products state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations, including school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, veterans homes, and community services departments. Recent solicitations show the code is applied broadly across food supply contracts that encompass multiple shelf-stable items — canned proteins, vegetables, fruits, and condiments bundled together in consolidated purchases — rather than bing cherries exclusively. The issuing bodies include county boards of education, state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, school districts, county purchasing offices, and municipal nutrition centers. The work being solicited is foodservice procurement for prisons, state-supported living centers, senior centers, school cafeterias, and veterans facilities, with awards made to lowest responsive and responsible bidders on fixed unit pricing and FOB destination delivery terms.

Geographic activity spans multiple states: Georgia (Gwinnett County school nutrition and state food supplies), Illinois (state veterans home weekly food orders), Oregon (Department of Corrections applesauce procurement), Texas (school district and state health and human services food service), and Connecticut (municipal school nutrition center). The most recent representative opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requesting informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for the Department of Community Services due October 19, 2026 (IFB); the Oregon Department of Corrections issuing an ITB for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026 with a historical price of $21.84 per case and a 10 percent combined Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preference; and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases requesting bids for 115 line items of commodities including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center due June 26, 2026, under the Buy American Provision requiring a minimum of 51 percent domestic content for processed products.