UNSPSC 50362518: Canned or jarred ruby bing cherries

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

UNSPSC 50362518 Canned or jarred ruby bing cherries (Commodity) describes shelf-stable canned fruit products that state and local governments procure for food service and nutrition programs across institutional settings — schools, correctional facilities, veterans homes, senior services, and state-supported living centers. Recent solicitations show this code appears alongside broader food commodity procurements where multiple canned and frozen fruits are listed together rather than as standalone cherry orders; state and local buying offices tag these mixed-basket opportunities with this Commodity code when cherries are among the line items specified. The actual purchasing spans cafeteria operations, institutional meal programs, and emergency food distribution, with agencies accepting brand-or-equal substitutions and specifying USDA compliance, minimum shelf life, and firm fixed pricing on a per-unit basis. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, health and human services agencies, school districts and boards of education, county purchasing offices, and municipal nutrition centers — a mix reflecting the breadth of public institutional food service.

Activity concentrates in the Southeast and Upper Midwest, with recent procurements posted by Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia), the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, the Oregon Department of Corrections, Austin Independent School District (Texas), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), and the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut). Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County's IFB for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned products with a response deadline of October 19, 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and state supported living centers statewide, encompassing 210 line items of fresh, frozen, and canned products with a historical contract value of $4.5 million over three years. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two separate ITBs for approximately 1,904 and 4,760 cases of canned applesauce respectively, reflecting ongoing volume procurement in state correctional systems. School nutrition programs and state health facilities drive the majority of visible activity, with most solicitations issued as IFBs or RFPs with response dates typically falling within four to eight weeks of posting.