UNSPSC 50375804: Canned or jarred organic autumn beaut plums

The variety of organic plums known as organic autumn beaut plums that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50375804, Canned or jarred organic autumn beaut plums (Commodity), represents a niche food procurement category that state and local governments purchase as part of broader food-service supply contracts for institutional feeding programs, though the code itself sees little standalone solicitation activity. When the code appears, it typically arrives as one line item within larger produce or commodity buys for state agencies, county boards, school districts, or regional facilities rather than as a dedicated procurement. The actual work being bought encompasses shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products—applesauce, mixed fruits, and specialty items like autumn beaut plums—for delivery to food-service distribution centers, senior centers, correctional facilities, state hospitals, schools, and supported living centers. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and health services, county boards of education and commissioners, city school districts, and specialized institutional operators managing inmate or resident meal programs. These solicitations typically use IFB or RFQ methods, with responses evaluated on unit pricing, compliance with USDA commodity standards, shelf life, packaging, and delivery performance.

Recent activity shows scattered geographic distribution across Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut, with no single jurisdiction dominating the code. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two fruit-applesauce ITBs in recent months (May and July 2026, both due within weeks of posting and seeking roughly 1,900–4,760 cases at historical prices near $21.84 per case), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a broad supplemental-food IFB in May 2026 covering 210 line items including canned fruits for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide—a $4.5 million three-year maximum-value contract awarded on best-value basis. Gwinnett County (Georgia) and the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) ran commodity food RFQs and IFBs in June 2026 for institutional kitchens. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products appear across school district and USDA-reimbursed program solicitations. Insurance, liability, vendor performance verification, HACCP plans, and E-Verify compliance are standard requirements. The code shows active but diffuse demand in institutional food service procurement, with opportunities clustered in mid-year and fall cycles tied to fiscal-year food-service planning and supply agreements.