UNSPSC 50385542: Tunis orange purees

The variety of oranges known as tunis oranges which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50385542 Tunis orange purees is a Commodity code that in practice sees minimal direct state and local procurement activity. The posted opportunities show state and local governments soliciting canned and fresh fruit products across food service categories—applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and assorted commodity items for corrections facilities, schools, and health services—but none explicitly target Tunis orange purees by name or varietal specification. The opportunities demonstrate that state and local agencies do buy processed and fresh fruit through competitive bids (ITB, RFP, IFB), yet they typically specify product families (canned fruit, fresh produce) or brand-specific items rather than geographic origin or cultivar. When fruit purées appear in these solicitations, they are grouped within broader commodity line items or referenced by manufacturer brand rather than by country of origin or type.

Recent activity spans school districts, corrections systems, and health and human services agencies across Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, and Illinois, but none of the posted opportunities from February through July 2026 explicitly name Tunis orange purée as a line item or procurement target. The Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited canned applesauce repeatedly (ITB S-29100-00017453 due July 31, 2026, and S2910000016975 closed June 2, 2026), Texas HHSC has procured supplemental food and consumables (IFB HHS0016792 and HHS0017449), and multiple school districts have bid fresh produce and grocery items, but purée sourcing appears subsumed within generic fruit or processed-fruit commodity lines priced and awarded on a per-unit or per-case basis rather than as a named specialized product. The code shows no recent opportunities explicitly tied to the commodity scope, suggesting either that state and local buyers do not currently distinguish Tunis purée as a separate procurement line or that any such activity remains untagged in the available solicitation records.