UNSPSC 50461905: Canned or jarred bonel beets

The variety of beets known as bonel beets that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50461905 Canned or jarred bonel beets is a Commodity code capturing a narrow product line that state and local governments buy infrequently and in small volumes as part of broader food service procurements. The recent opportunities block shows no standalone solicitations for canned or jarred beets; instead, the code appears incidentally in large aggregated food service contracts where beets compete with hundreds of other line items for school districts, correctional facilities, and state health agencies. State and local issuing bodies soliciting food products include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health systems (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for supported living centers and hospitals, Illinois Veterans Home), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving Georgia school districts). These entities typically bundle canned vegetables—including beets—into master grocery contracts or produce-and-consumables RFPs where unit pricing, case quantities, and USDA Grade compliance apply uniformly across dozens or hundreds of line items.

Recent procurement activity spans Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia, with school districts driving the largest volume of solicitation activity. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), which covers NIGP classes including canned goods under firm fixed unit rates; Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for food products with a 51 percent Buy American requirement (due June 15, 2026), encompassing multiple produce and canned vegetable line items; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (due April 6, 2026), specifying USDA Grade B or better with sodium limits and shelf-life requirements; and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring delivery to 45 schools and distribution kitchens with 76-item minimum responsiveness and Buy American compliance. Canned beets rarely command standalone attention; they surface as secondary line items in contracts valued at $1.5 million to $9 million annually, where evaluation emphasizes total cost, specification conformance, delivery reliability, and vendor performance history rather than individual commodity sourcing. Firms pursuing this code should expect to bid as part of full-line food service distribution capabilities or position within larger vegetable categories rather than as specialty beet suppliers.