UNSPSC 50461815: Canned or jarred castor beans

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

UNSPSC 50461815 Canned or jarred castor beans is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement shows little relevance to the actual buying activity. Recent opportunities posted under or near this code overwhelmingly solicit canned tomatoes, fresh produce, eggs, and broad food-service supply contracts for schools, correctional facilities, and health and human services institutions. The single opportunity nominally tagged to this code — a State of Illinois weekly food order — does not specify castor beans and instead covers general food products for the Illinois Veterans Home. State and local buyers soliciting food products under related codes include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia, and Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia), state correctional agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health and human services commissions (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. Most recent solicitations are school nutrition program contracts using IFB, RFP, and RFQ notice types with firm fixed pricing requirements and response deadlines between February and June 2026.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' solicitation for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (ITB S2910000016405, due June 19, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's procurement for supplemental food and consumable products across state hospitals and supported living centers (IFB HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026), the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 contract supplying 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026), the Douglas County School System's fresh-produce-and-eggs RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative for 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in one area and $1.1 million in another (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026), and the Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery procurement covering over 900 line items for the 2026-27 school year (due April 29, 2026). The code itself does not appear to reflect current state and local buying patterns; firms pursuing this taxonomy should verify actual commodity requirements in each solicitation rather than rely on the nominal code classification.