UNSPSC 50362515: Canned or jarred montmorency cherries

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

UNSPSC 50362515 Canned or jarred montmorency cherries (Commodity) covers shelf-stable cherry products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, primarily school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, veterans homes, and community services departments. Recent opportunities show this code is deployed narrowly within the broader institutional food purchasing ecosystem—canned cherries and similar fruit products appear as line items within larger commodity food RFPs and IFBs rather than as standalone category buys. The issuing bodies are county boards of education, state corrections and veterans services agencies, state health and human services commissions, and city school nutrition programs. When cherry products or close fruit commodities (applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps) surface in procurement, they are typically bundled with dozens or hundreds of other food line items under consolidated food service contracts, with vendors expected to respond to the full scope or face non-responsiveness findings.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for canned applesauce (May 18, 2026 and July 10, 2026) at approximately 1,904 and 4,760 cases respectively, with historical pricing around $21.83 per case, delivered to the Central Distribution Center in Salem; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released IFB HHS0016792v2 (May 19, 2026 response deadline March 19, 2026) covering 210 food line items including fresh and canned fruit for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with a three-year potential value of $4.5 million; and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-26-300CF (May 4, 2026) for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice across five geographic regions. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) sought informal written quotes for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins for the Department of Community Services (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut procured commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center including fruit and vegetable products under MBE/CBE eligibility (due June 26, 2026). Montmorency cherry procurement under this code has not appeared as an explicitly named solicitation in the recent opportunities block; the code shows activity primarily through adjacent fruit products in consolidated institutional food service contracts.