UNSPSC 50384903: Thornton orange purees

The variety of mandarin oranges and tangerines known as thornton oranges which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50384903 Thornton orange purees is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code do not consistently reflect orange puree procurement. Instead, the block shows food service suppliers responding to bids for canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, eggs, and mixed grocery and consumable products across correctional facilities, state hospitals, school nutrition programs, and state-supported living centers. The code's nominal scope diverges sharply from actual buying patterns, making it difficult to characterize this as a focused procurement category. State and local governments do source prepared fruit products through food service contracts, but the opportunities listed here span such a wide range of fruit and food items—applesauce, pears, produce, grocery staples—that they do not establish a coherent market signal around orange purees specifically.

The issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, State of Georgia), school districts (Austin ISD, Rockwood R-VI, Fairfax County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, Liberty County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Douglas County School System), and one municipal education board (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut). Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Missouri, with scattered federal-funded school nutrition procurement nationwide. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for canned applesauce (S2910000017453, due July 31, 2026) requesting 4,760 cases under commodity specifications; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB for supplemental food and consumables statewide (HHS0016792V2, due March 19, 2026) covering 210 line items including frozen and refrigerated products with a potential three-year value of $4.5 million; and multiple school district fresh produce and grocery RFPs and IFBs for 2026–2027 school year supply (Fairfax County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County RFP for GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 districts with estimated Area One spend of $4.4 million). The code shows no recent activity in orange puree procurement in isolation.