UNSPSC 50372909: Canned or jarred organic khalas dates

The variety of organic dates known as organic khalas dates that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50372909 Canned or jarred organic khalas dates, a Commodity code, describes shelf-stable preserved date products that state and local governments procure as part of broader food-service and nutrition operations, though recent solicitations under this specific code show minimal direct activity. The nine most recent state and local opportunities in the dataset span school districts, corrections departments, health and human services agencies, counties, and cities, but they predominantly solicit general food commodities—fresh produce, proteins, canned vegetables, dairy, and prepared entrees for cafeterias, nutrition centers, senior services, and institutional food service. None of the representative recent opportunities explicitly name khalas dates or organic date products; instead, they encompass dozens to hundreds of line items across diverse food categories where individual specialty items like organic dates would occupy a small share if included at all. The issuing bodies are diverse: Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (food for senior services), the State of Illinois (weekly food orders for veterans' homes), the Oregon Department of Corrections (canned applesauce), Austin Independent School District (dried fruit bars and apple crisps), Texas Health and Human Services Commission (food for state-supported living centers), Hancock County Board of Education (fresh produce), City of Bridgeport (school nutrition center supplies), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (cafeteria food for multiple facilities). Set-asides and preferences appear inconsistently—Oregon applies a combined 10 percent preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-headquartered vendors; Georgia and Texas procurements do not disclose set-asides; Connecticut school procurement requires compliance with the Buy American Provision; and Texas school districts operate under state education code purchasing rules.

Geographic activity spans Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County, State of Georgia general procurement), Illinois (State of Illinois at Quincy veterans' home), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Texas (Austin ISD, HHSC, TDCJ), Connecticut (Bridgeport), and other jurisdictions. Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County's October 2026 informal written quote (due October 19, 2026) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including proteins, grains, and canned vegetables for senior services; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's August 2026 RFP (due August 24, 2026) for weekly food orders at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, offered in both brand-specific and brand-or-equal variants; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for canned applesauce (approximately 4,760 cases, due July 31, 2026) with a historical price of $21.84 per case; Austin Independent School District's June 2026 RFP (due July 16, 2026) for dried fruit bars and apple crisps; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumables for state-supported living centers with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. The code itself appears underutilized or misaligned with actual procurement practice—recent opportunities aggregate general food commodities under broad line-item solicitations rather than targeting specific organic khalas date products, signaling limited near-term pursuit opportunity under this narrow Commodity code unless vendors position organic dates as substitutes or equivalent items within larger food-service contracts.