UNSPSC 50362524: Canned or jarred sweetheart cherries

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

UNSPSC 50362524 Canned or jarred sweetheart cherries is a Commodity code that covers canned and preserved fruit products, but state and local government procurement activity under this specific code shows little direct relevance to the recent opportunities recorded; instead, solicitations tagged with this code describe broader canned fruit, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and food supply procurements spanning multiple product categories well beyond sweetheart cherries alone.

The issuing-body mix reflects the diversity of state and local food service demand: state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, school districts of varying sizes, county school systems, and municipal education systems. The Oregon Department of Corrections appears twice in the recent records, soliciting canned applesauce under ITB in July 2026 and June 2026. School districts dominate the mix—Austin Independent School District, Rockwood R-VI, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Fairfax County Public Schools, among others—reflecting the concentrated food service spending across K-12 nutrition programs. Geographic spread is broad, with recent opportunities posted from Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for canned applesauce with a July 31, 2026 response deadline, specifying 4,760 cases at a historical price of $21.84 per case; Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products with a July 13, 2026 deadline and historical contract value of $1.5 million; and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 due April 27, 2026, covering weekly deliveries to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens. Most opportunities carry firm-fixed-price requirements, Buy American provisions where applicable, and delivery obligations to central warehouses or school sites. The code's recent activity skews toward school nutrition and institutional food service rather than retail or consumer cherry products specifically, signaling that buyers are using this taxonomy broadly to capture food commodity procurement without narrowing to the Commodity code's nominal scope.