UNSPSC 50374440: Canned or jarred organic tangelos

The fruit of a hybrid between a tangerine or mandarin orange and a grapefruit that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50374440 Canned or jarred organic tangelos is a Commodity code that sits at the bottom tier of the taxonomy and names a single product line—shelf-stable, packaged tangelo products, typically preserved in juice, water, or light syrup for food service use. The recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little activity directly aligned with the tangelo specification; instead, issuing bodies are sourcing canned and jarred fruit products more broadly, including applesauce, mixed fruit, and generic canned fruit items as part of larger food and consumable solicitations. Solicitations are issued by state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, county school boards, county departments of community services, city boards of education, and state-supported living centers. The work involves purchasing shelf-stable fruit products in bulk quantities to supply institutional food service operations including correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, and healthcare facilities, with pricing evaluated on a per-unit basis and delivery typically required to a single central distribution point or multiple facility warehouses on FOB destination terms.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut, with additional solicitations from state procurement offices serving multi-facility statewide networks. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (response due July 31, 2026), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IFQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items including canned products (response due October 19, 2026), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026). The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office has issued multiple ITBs for weekly food orders to the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy with both brand-specific and brand-or-equal specifications. Bidders typically must meet USDA commodity specifications, maintain commercial general liability insurance, provide delivery within specified timeframes, and quote firm fixed unit pricing including all transportation charges on an FOB destination basis; several solicitations apply Buy American requirements or state-level vendor preferences such as Oregon's combined goods and residency preference.