UNSPSC 50364311: Canned or jarred tanaka loquats

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

UNSPSC 50364311 Canned or jarred tanaka loquats is a Commodity code that in practice spans a broad range of shelf-stable and canned fruit products — applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and general preserved fruit items — procured by state and local governments for institutional food service. State and local solicitations under this code reflect actual demand for inventory replenishment at correctional facilities, veterans' homes, state health and human services centers, school districts, county senior services, and municipal nutrition programs. The work involves supplying branded or equivalent canned and preserved fruit products in case quantities, typically 500 to 5,000 cases per award, delivered on FOB destination terms to central distribution points or individual facilities. Issuing bodies range across state corrections departments, state veterans' homes, state health and human services commissions, county boards of education, independent school districts, county senior services departments, and municipal education and nutrition departments.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with the Oregon Department of Corrections posting multiple applesauce ITBs in May and July 2026, and Georgia (Gwinnett County), Illinois (State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Georgia (Hancock County Schools) all issuing commodity food procurement bids or RFPs between May and October 2026. Representative solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026 (historical award price $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales in June 2026, with a 10 percent combined Oregon-goods and Oregon-resident bidder preference); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center due July 11, 2026 (prior-period value $1.5 million, award to best-value bidder on firm fixed unit rates); and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IFQ 140229 for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins due October 19, 2026, with delivery to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center by December 7, 2026. Illinois State solicitations for weekly food orders at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (both brand-specific and brand-or-equal variants) posted in June and August 2026 with August 24 response deadlines. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products apply in school district solicitations (Hancock County, Bridgeport, Austin ISD). Award decisions typically favor lowest responsive and responsible bidder or best value, with allowance for single or multiple awards by line item at the issuing body's discretion.