UNSPSC 50363206: Canned or jarred worcestershire gooseberries

The variety of gooseberries known as worcestershire gooseberries that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50363206 Canned or jarred worcestershire gooseberries (Commodity) represents a niche shelf-stable preserve product that appears infrequently in state and local procurement. Recent state and local opportunities soliciting under this code do not focus on worcestershire gooseberries specifically; instead, they reflect broader food-service procurement where this Commodity code sits alongside dozens of other canned fruits and vegetable line items. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the State of Illinois, and the City of Bridgeport have all posted solicitations for canned and jarred shelf-stable food products in recent months, with the county, state corrections, state HHS, and school districts purchasing mixed baskets of canned proteins, vegetables, fruits, and condiments. The work being solicited is institutional food service supply—cafeteria provisioning for correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, schools, senior services centers, and board of education nutrition programs. Pricing is typically unit-based (per case or per ounce), delivery is FOB Destination prepaid, and awards go to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or the bidder offering best value; most issuing bodies reserve the right to split awards across multiple vendors by line item.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida), Texas, the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Illinois, and New England (Connecticut). Representative recent procurements include Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026, with delivery by December 7, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026, offering a combined 10 percent preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-based bidders; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply state-supported living centers and state health services, with proposals due July 13, 2026, and a historical spend level of $1.5 million annually. School districts and county boards of education also solicit regularly—Austin Independent School District requested proposals for dried fruit bars and apple crisps in July 2026, and Hancock County Board of Education sought fresh-produce bids in June 2026. Most issuing bodies enforce Buy American or domestic-content provisions for processed foods, require three vendor references and insurance certifications, mandate brand-or-equal specification options, and impose delivery windows of 24 to 72 hours or within 45 to 60 days depending on the institutional need.