UNSPSC 50374438: Canned or jarred organic satsuma mandarin oranges

Any of several cultivated mandarin trees that bear medium-sized largely seedless fruits with thin smooth skin that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50374438 Canned or jarred organic satsuma mandarin oranges is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy canned and jarred fruit products for institutional food service — including school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, veterans homes, senior services centers, and state health and human services operations. Recent opportunities show demand for shelf-stable fruit items spanning canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh citrus, and broader commodity food procurement that includes canned mandarin oranges as line items within multi-category food service contracts. Issuing bodies include county boards of education, state departments of corrections and health services, county boards of commissioners, state veterans homes, independent school districts, and municipal school nutrition programs. Solicitations are structured as informal written quotes (IWQ), invitations to bid (ITB), invitations for bids (IFB), and requests for proposals (RFP), with awards typically made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a per-unit or per-case basis. Contracts commonly include brand-or-equal specifications that allow substitution of functionally equivalent products, firm fixed pricing for the contract term, and delivery to central distribution centers or individual school sites. Food service contracts for state and local institutions routinely invoke the Buy American provision under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, requiring minimum domestic content thresholds, and specify compliance with USDA commodity standards, FDA food safety regulations, and state-specific worker verification and prevailing wage requirements where applicable.

Geographic activity centers in Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut based on recent posted opportunities. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) posted an IWQ in October 2026 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables and proteins for the Department of Community Services, with delivery by December 7, 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITBs in May and July 2026 for canned applesauce (1,904 and 4,760 cases respectively) with delivery to Salem, Oregon and a historical unit price of approximately $21.83 per case. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office posted multiple brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy in June and August 2026, with proposals due in August. Texas Health and Human Services Commission procured supplemental food and consumables statewide across state hospitals and supported living centers through an IFB with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years and a March 2026 response deadline. The Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education Nutrition Center solicited commodity food products including fruit and vegetable items in June 2026 with pricing firm through June 2027. Austin Independent School District posted an RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps in June 2026. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce including citrus for the 2026–27 school year with a June 2026 due date and contract period through June 30, 2027.