UNSPSC 50461501: Canned or jarred brittany artichokes

The variety of artichokes known as brittany artichokes that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50461501 Canned or jarred Brittany artichokes (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within institutional food procurement, though the recent opportunities block shows the code sees minimal direct solicitation for this specific item — rather, canned artichokes typically appear as one line item within much broader food-supply buys. State and local governments purchasing under this code are sourcing shelf-stable canned vegetables as part of institutional meal programs serving corrections facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and county social services. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments (Texas HHS Commission), state corrections agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections), state-level school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia), and county-level social services (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia). Canned artichokes enter procurement as a component of much larger food contracts that may span 20 to 400 line items across proteins, dairy, frozen goods, fresh produce, condiments, and consumable supplies.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice posting the highest volume of relevant institutional food procurements. Representative opportunities include the Texas HHS Commission's IFB HHS0017872 for consumables and noncontract food items at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due August 25, 2026), which encompassed 20 line items of prepared foods and service supplies with estimated annual volumes from 1 to 24 cases per item; the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products for Department of Community Services (quotes due October 19, 2026), covering 35 line items of canned proteins, vegetables, and staples; and Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 seeking hundreds of line items across produce, meat, dairy, and dry goods for school nutrition across four locations (bids due June 15, 2026). Texas HHS Commission issued a large supplemental food and consumables IFB (HHS0016792V2) with 210 line items and a maximum potential value of $4,500,000 over three years (bids due March 19, 2026). Delivery is universally FOB Destination with freight prepaid, responses due within 7–30 days of order, and bidders typically required to meet 95 percent of line items with no more than 10 no-bid exceptions. The code sees steady but not high-volume activity; canned artichokes as a standalone procurement category are rare — the commodity appears primarily as a subordinate line item within much larger institutional food contracts.