UNSPSC 50461813: Canned or jarred calypso beans

The variety of beans known as calypso beans that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50461813 Canned or jarred calypso beans is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable legume products state and local governments buy primarily as food service consumables for institutional dining, canteen operations, and nutrition programs. The solicitations under this code reflect demand from state human services agencies, school districts, county nutrition programs, and corrections departments for bulk-purchased canned beans and legumes as line items within larger food procurement bids. While the code nominally specifies calypso beans, recent state and local opportunities show this classification capturing broader canned-legume purchasing across multiple institutional food-service contexts—state supported living centers, school cafeterias, county senior services, and corrections facilities all issue food bids that include canned beans as one of dozens of line items in comprehensive food supply contracts. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (Texas HHS), state corrections agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia), and county nutrition programs (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia). Texas state agencies—particularly the Texas Health and Human Services Commission procuring for state supported living centers—appear as repeat buyers in the recent activity block.

Activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), which includes 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with delivery within seven days of order; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables and proteins (quotes due October 19, 2026, delivered to Gwinnett Senior Services Center by December 7, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning approximately 382 line items across five TDCJ warehouse distribution points (response deadline May 4, 2026). The Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026) and Ben Hill County Schools' food bid for multiple school locations (due June 15, 2026) also illustrate the range of public-sector institutional buyers under this code. Canned beans typically appear as one line item within much larger, multi-category food procurements; response deadlines cluster around fiscal year transitions (May through October).