UNSPSC 50363906: Canned or jarred siberian kiwi fruit

The variety of kiwi fruit known as siberian kiwi fruit that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50363906 Canned or jarred Siberian kiwi fruit, a Commodity code, does not align with the scope of recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this classification. The recent solicitations tagged with this code in fact request generic shelf-stable food products for institutional food service—canned and jarred fruits including applesauce, fresh produce including kiwis, dried fruit bars, and commodity-level food supply for schools, corrections facilities, veterans homes, and social services departments. The code's narrow focus on a single specialty item (Siberian kiwi fruit preserved in a can or jar) does not match the broad-based institutional food procurement activity actually being solicited. State and local issuing bodies pursuing food supply contracts—including county boards of education, state corrections and veterans affairs agencies, city nutrition centers, and state health and human services commissions—source these items through general food-service RFQs, IFBs, and RFPs that cast wide nets across multiple produce and processed-food categories, typically with cost-per-unit pricing and Buy American provisions where applicable.

Recent activity spans Georgia (Gwinnett County and the State of Georgia), Illinois (State of Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Texas (Austin Independent School District, HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, TDCJ), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Mississippi (Hancock County Schools). Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (ITB due July 31, 2026, with a historical award price of $21.84 per case), the Texas HHSC/DSHS supplemental food and consumables IFB HHS0016792v2 (bid response deadline March 19, 2026, with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years across 210 line items), and the Gwinnett County IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins (informal written quotes due October 19, 2026). The code shows little decision-relevant recent activity specifically targeting Siberian kiwi fruit; it appears to be a catch-all classification under which general food-service opportunities are being tagged incorrectly.