UNSPSC 50364301: Canned or jarred advance loquats

The variety of loquats known as advance loquats that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50364301 Canned or jarred advance loquats, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity posted under it. The opportunities present show no canned or jarred loquats; instead, recent solicitations center on mainstream food service products including canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, eggs, frozen entrees, proteins, dairy, condiments, and general grocery items for institutional food service operations serving schools, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and supported living centers across multiple jurisdictions. The code's nominal scope appears to reflect a specialized imported fruit commodity that does not materialize in current state and local purchasing patterns. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) all issued food service bids. State departments of corrections, health and human services, and school nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Missouri also solicited under the broader commodity space. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products totaling $1.5 million (prior period) for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for a Master Grocery K-12 contract covering 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026).

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia school districts, Texas health and human services) and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Corrections), with secondary activity in the Mid-Atlantic (Fairfax County) and Midwest (Missouri, Kansas, Illinois). Institutional food service procurement—school nutrition, corrections, state-hospital supply—drives demand under this code's actual use, not specialty produce items. Pricing models are typically firm fixed for contract periods ranging twelve to eighteen months, with Buy American and domestic-content preferences common in school nutrition procurement and minimal set-aside designation across the opportunities. Unless your firm supplies mainstream canned fruits, proteins, dairy, grains, and frozen prepared foods to institutional food service channels at scale, this code shows minimal opportunity alignment with its stated commodity name.