UNSPSC 50366500: Canned or jarred sapotes

The type of fruit known as sapotes that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50366500 Canned or jarred sapotes is a Class code. State and local purchasing offices rarely solicit specifically for sapotes—canned or jarred sapotes appear in none of the recent opportunities in the dataset—but the code sits within a broader family of canned fruit procurement that drives consistent purchasing activity across institutional food service. What state and local governments actually buy under this code tier is canned and jarred fruit products for school nutrition programs, institutional food service at correctional facilities and state-supported living centers, and district-level child nutrition operations, with purchasing offices accepting products that meet USDA commodity specifications, carry minimum shelf-life requirements (typically one year), and comply with FDA and USDA standards for acidity, packaging medium, and nutritional content. Issuing bodies soliciting for canned fruit include state departments of corrections, state health and human services commissions, school districts of varying sizes, and county boards of education. The kinds of jurisdictions buying are school nutrition programs (elementary through high school), state institutional food service (prisons, state hospitals, state-supported living centers), and district-wide child nutrition services spanning multiple schools and facilities. Recent activity shows the Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Health and Human Services Commission as repeat large-scale institutional purchasers, while school districts from Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Connecticut, and Virginia solicit regularly for canned fruit as part of broader food service contracts.

Geographic spread of recent canned-fruit purchasing concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest, with Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, Connecticut, and Virginia showing active solicitations in the past six months. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 on July 10, 2026, requesting approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (sweetened or unsweetened, smooth or chunky) delivered to its Central Distribution Center in Salem, with bids due July 31, 2026, and a historical award price of $21.84 per case; the same agency posted ITB S2910000016975 in May 2026 for 1,904 cases of canned applesauce at $21.83 per case. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited supplemental food and consumables including canned goods under IFB HHS0016792 (posted February 26, 2026, extended to February 23, 2026) and HHS0017449 (posted June 11, 2026, due July 13, 2026) covering 210 line items of food products for state hospitals and state-supported living centers statewide with estimated prior-year value of $1.5 million and historical potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years. School districts across multiple states—including Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Fairfax County in Virginia, Austin in Texas, and Liberty County and Muscogee County in Georgia—issued IFBs and RFPs for grocery items, fresh produce, and prepared foods in late March through June 2026 that include canned fruit as line items within broader food service procurement, with response dates ranging from April 23 to June 26, 2026. No sapote-specific solicitations appear in recent state and local postings.