UNSPSC 50371622: Canned or jarred organic helena apricots

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

UNSPSC 50371622, Canned or jarred organic helena apricots, is a Commodity code. Recent state and local solicitations under this code frame the work as procurement of shelf-stable canned fruit products for institutional food service operations—including detention facilities, senior services programs, state-supported living centers, school districts, and veterans' homes. The scope spans both branded and generic canned fruit procurement, with specifications often referencing USDA commodity standards and acceptance of brand-or-equal substitutions. Issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois), county boards of education (Hancock County, Georgia; Gwinnett County, Georgia), independent school districts (Austin ISD, Texas; Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut), and specialized state facilities (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, Texas TDCJ facilities). Canned and jarred fruit appears in larger food-service RFQs, RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs alongside broader categories of shelf-stable proteins, vegetables, and consumables rather than as standalone line items, reflecting procurement patterns in which fruit products anchor multi-hundred-line institutional commodity contracts.

Recent activity clusters in the South and Midwest. Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two ITBs for canned applesauce (May 2026 and July 2026, both closed), with historical pricing near $21.83 per case for roughly 1,900–4,760 cases per award; Texas Health and Human Services and TDCJ have issued larger food-service IFBs encompassing canned fruit within 210–382 line item scopes (May 2026, March 2026); Georgia, Illinois, and Connecticut school districts and county systems have released RFQs and IFBs for food supplies spanning fresh and canned produce (June 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issued an RFQ for 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins (due October 19, 2026); Austin ISD requested proposals for dried fruit bars and apple crisps for food service (RFP due July 16, 2026). The code shows sporadic but recurring demand within institutional food procurement, with awards typically to single or multiple vendors per line item based on lowest responsive bidder or best-value evaluation; Oregon applies a combined 10 percent preference for in-state production and headquarters, and federal Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic content for processed products) appear in school district and state-facility solicitations.