UNSPSC 50461507: Canned or jarred purple globe artichokes

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

UNSPSC 50461507 Canned or jarred purple globe artichokes is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line within state and local food procurement — though the recent solicitations indexed to this code show minimal direct demand for purple globe artichokes specifically. Instead, the code appears in procurement records where state agencies, counties, and school districts are buying shelf-stable canned and jarred vegetables as part of broader food-service supply contracts. The work actually being solicited under this code encompasses the supply of canned or jarred produce items to institutional food-service operations — kitchens serving state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school cafeterias, and senior-services programs. Issuing bodies include Texas Health and Human Services Commission facilities (the Lufkin and El Paso State Supported Living Centers), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, school districts in Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools), the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia. These are predominantly state departments and agencies managing food service for vulnerable or institutionalized populations, supplemented by county and local school district nutrition programs.

Recent activity is concentrated in Texas and Georgia, with additional procurement from Oregon and Illinois. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017872 for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due August 25, 2026), which included canned vegetables and food service supplies; the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB S2910000017145 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes due June 19, 2026 (previous purchase in February 2026 at $13.75 per case from California Healthy Harvest); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products IFB 304T26300CF (response deadline May 4, 2026) covering 382 line items across multiple food categories to six statewide distribution points; and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables, due October 19, 2026, for delivery to Gwinnett Senior Services Center. Ben Hill County Schools School Nutrition Program IFB #26271 and Burke County Public Schools' comprehensive school nutrition procurement each encompassed hundreds of line items including canned fruits, vegetables, and related food-service supplies with sealed-bid competition and firm pricing periods. Geographic concentration reflects institutional food-service demand in the Southeast and Southwest, with secondary activity in the Northwest and Midwest.