UNSPSC 50373609: Canned or jarred organic centurian grapes

The variety of organic wine grapes known as organic centurian grapes that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50373609 Canned or jarred organic centurian grapes is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products for institutional food service, including senior services, corrections, state hospitals, school nutrition programs, and state-supported living centers. Recent solicitations show that while the code nominally names a specific fruit variety, state and local buyers typically solicit canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, and mixed canned-fruit categories under related commodity codes and broader food-service RFQs, RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs. The issuing bodies span county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state corrections and health departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), state veterans' homes (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), senior-services departments (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services), and independent school districts (Austin Independent School District). Food procurement under this code goes to multiple distribution centers and warehouse delivery sites, often with strict compliance requirements for USDA commodity specifications, FDA standards, nutritional content, shelf-life certification, and Buy American content thresholds (typically 51 percent domestic content for processed items in school-lunch procurements).

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest, with recent solicitations from Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (S-29100-00017453, due July 31, 2026) at a historical price of $21.84 per case; Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (27RFP004, due July 16, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (HHS0016792v2, with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years). The State of Illinois has issued multiple brand-specific and brand-or-equal solicitations for weekly food orders at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy. Bid evaluation typically favors lowest responsive and responsible pricing on a per-unit or per-case basis; many jurisdictions apply state-specific preferences (Oregon's combined 10 percent preference for state-fabricated and resident-headquartered vendors) and require proof of liability insurance, HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, and vendor-performance history verification.