UNSPSC 50461848: Canned or jarred tamarind beans

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

UNSPSC 50461848 Canned or jarred tamarind beans is a Commodity code that sits beneath a broader family of shelf-stable food products. The recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not align with tamarind beans specifically; instead, issuing bodies are soliciting large volumes of general canned and jarred food items including canned tomatoes, canned vegetables, canned proteins, and jarred condiments as part of comprehensive food service contracts for institutional cafeterias, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities. The work being bought is high-volume institutional food procurement, with vendors expected to supply hundreds of line items across multiple food categories, meet USDA grade and FDA compliance standards, and deliver within tight timeframes (typically 7 days or less) on FOB Destination terms with freight prepaid. Soliciting bodies include state health and human services departments, state departments of corrections, county commissioners, school districts, and state comptroller procurement divisions. Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appear as repeat buyers, with multiple IFBs posted in the past four months.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued three separate IFBs between May and October 2026 for food and consumable products, including HHS0017872 (Lufkin State Supported Living Center, IFB due August 25, 2026) and HHS0018082 (Lufkin canteen and campus consumables, IFB due October 23, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas under IFB 304T-26-300CF (response due May 4, 2026), comprising approximately 382 line items. The Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing Division requested 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (IFB due June 19, 2026) with Oregon-fabricated or resident-bidder preference of 5 percent. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Georgia, requested informal written quotes for 1,062 cases of food items under IWQ 140229 (response due October 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.), and Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools, both in Georgia, posted school nutrition food bids (Ben Hill due June 15, 2026; Burke County due June 5, 2026). Illinois and an unspecified Oregon agency also posted food procurement notices. Contract values range from estimated annual quantities of 1–24 cases per item in small institutional settings to multi-million-dollar statewide frameworks; the Texas HHS El Paso State Supported Living Center procurement noted a prior-period guideline value of $1.5 million, and the supplemental food contract for state hospitals and living centers statewide carried a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years.