UNSPSC 50371606: Canned or jarred organic bonny apricots

The variety of organic apricots known as organic bonny apricots that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50371606 Canned or jarred organic bonny apricots is a Commodity code encompassing preserved stone-fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service — including school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, veterans homes, and social services operations. The work being solicited includes sourcing, quality assurance, and delivery of shelf-stable canned or jarred fruit meeting USDA commodity specifications, packed in their own juice or light syrup, with minimum shelf-life requirements typically ranging from 60 days to one year. State and local issuing bodies span school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, county boards of education, and municipal social services divisions. Recent solicitations show steady demand across Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut, with Oregon's Department of Corrections and Texas's Health and Human Services Commission issuing repeated bids for canned applesauce — a close commodity analog to apricots. The institutional food-service market under this code emphasizes compliance with federal Buy American provisions (requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products), USDA food grades, product-specific packaging standards, and firm fixed pricing over multi-year contract periods.

Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce, due July 31, 2026, offering a 5 percent combined preference for Oregon goods and resident bidders, with historical pricing at $21.84 per case and delivery to ODOC's Central Distribution Center in Salem; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products (including preserved fruit) supplying the El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026, with a prior 12-month volume of $1.5 million and evaluation based on best value rather than price alone; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas, extended to May 4, 2026, encompassing 382 line items with firm fixed pricing due F.O.B. Destination and a contract term through August 31, 2027 with two one-year renewal options. All institutional buyers require compliance certifications, liability insurance, HACCP or equivalent food-safety protocols, and adherence to state prevailing-wage and prompt-payment rules where applicable.