UNSPSC 50375844: Canned or jarred organic kelsey plums

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

UNSPSC 50375844 Canned or jarred organic Kelsey plums (Commodity) represents a narrow specialty food product that state and local governments procure almost exclusively as part of broader food-service supply contracts for institutional feeding programs, not as a standalone line item. Recent opportunities under this code show state corrections departments, school districts, county nutrition programs, and state health agencies buying canned and jarred fruit products—including applesauce, mixed canned fruits, and general shelf-stable produce—bundled within larger food commodity solicitations serving prisons, state-supported living centers, school cafeterias, and senior nutrition programs. The actual work solicited is supply-chain fulfillment of institutional food inventories with firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery, case-quantity ordering, temperature-controlled logistics, and compliance with USDA commodity specifications and FDA food-safety standards. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, State of Illinois), school districts (Austin Independent School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education), county purchasing offices (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), and municipal procurement divisions (City of Bridgeport). Repeat buyers appear to include the Oregon Department of Corrections and State of Illinois, both issuing multiple food commodity solicitations over the six-month period.

Recent activity concentrates in Oregon, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Connecticut, with additional scattered solicitations in Michigan (Hancock County) and Mississippi (Gwinnett County). Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections issuing ITBs for canned applesauce (4,760 cases, due July 31, 2026, and 1,904 cases, due June 2, 2026) with a 10 percent combined state-of-origin preference; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting supplemental food and consumables across 210 line items for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (IFB HHS0016792v2, due March 19, 2026, with a maximum contract value of $4.5 million over three years); the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office issuing multiple brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (due August 24, 2026 and June 17, 2026); and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issuing cafeteria food product solicitations for TDCJ warehouse locations across five geographic regions (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, covering 382 line items). Most solicitations enforce Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed foods, USDA commodity compliance, firm fixed pricing for the contract term, and delivery within 7 to 60 days of order. Awards typically go to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or best-value determination, with single or multiple awards permitted at issuing body discretion.