UNSPSC 50387526: Prickly pear purees

The variety of fruit known as prickly pears which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50387526 Prickly pear purees is a Commodity code that encompasses processed fruit products supplied to state and local institutional food services, including schools, correctional facilities, veterans homes, senior services centers, and state-supported living centers. The recent solicitations under this code show state and local governments actually procuring a much broader range of shelf-stable and fresh produce items—canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and general food commodities—suggesting the code serves as a catch-all for fruit-based and produce-category purchasing rather than prickly pear products specifically. Issuing bodies span county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, county senior services departments, state departments of corrections, state procurement offices, municipal departments of public purchases, and independent school districts across multiple states. The mix includes repeat institutional buyers such as the State of Illinois (procuring weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy across multiple fiscal quarters), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (issuing overlapping procurements for supplemental food and consumables to state hospitals and supported living centers), the Oregon Department of Corrections (issuing multiple ITBs for canned applesauce), and school nutrition departments in Georgia and Connecticut.

Recent solicitations cluster heavily in Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut and nationwide reach through state-level food service consolidation. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins, vegetables, and pantry staples (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026); the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy for Q4 FY-27 (RFP 27497DVAQUINCB53752 and 27497DVAQUINCB53751, due August 24, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce at $21.84 per case historical pricing (ITB S-29100-00017453, due July 31, 2026); Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (27RFP004, due July 16, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products to the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million (IFB HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026). Most solicitations are competitively bid and allow brand-or-equal substitution where specified, with delivery to multiple sites, Buy American provisions in school contracts, and state-level preferences in effect in Oregon (5% combined for Oregon-fabricated goods and resident bidders).