UNSPSC 50362529: Canned or jarred morello cherries

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

UNSPSC 50362529 Canned or jarred morello cherries is a Commodity code covering shelf-stable preserved fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service — schools, corrections facilities, senior centers, and state-supported living centers. Recent solicitations show this code capturing a broader range of canned and jarred fruit and fruit products than the specific commodity name suggests; issuing bodies are using it to source canned applesauce, fruit bars, and mixed preserved-fruit line items alongside cherries as part of larger food-service contracts. Solicitations come from state departments (corrections, health and human services), county school districts and boards of education, municipal school districts, county nutrition programs, and state health and social-service agencies. Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut show the most recent activity, with purchases ranging from a few hundred cases for senior centers to several thousand cases for statewide corrections and institutional-care networks.

Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 ITB for approximately 1,904 cases of canned applesauce (historical award at $21.83 per case to MJ Kellner), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's May 2026 IFB for supplemental food and consumables statewide with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years, and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for 115 commodity line items including fruit and vegetable products with delivery to the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse locations with approximately 382 line items also included canned fruits and vegetables. Gwinnett County, Georgia, posted an informal quote request in October 2026 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (due October 19, 2026) for the Department of Community Services, and the State of Illinois has issued multiple quarterly brand-specific and brand-or-equal food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy. Buy American provisions and domestic content minimums of 51 percent appear in school and institutional procurement; Oregon offers 5 percent preferences for in-state fabrication and resident bidders. Most contracts run twelve months with optional renewals; pricing is typically firm-fixed with adjustments limited to CPI or major market changes.