UNSPSC 50462503: Canned or jarred berlicum carrots

The variety of carrots known as berlicum carrots that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50462503 Canned or jarred berlicum carrots is a Commodity code representing a narrow product line within the broader food service and school nutrition procurement ecosystem. State and local governments purchase canned carrots primarily through school district nutrition programs, state institutional food service contracts (including correctional facilities, state hospitals, and state supported living centers), and occasional municipal or county food procurement. The work being solicited is straightforward product supply: sealed-bid IFBs and RFQs for bulk canned vegetables to stock institutional cafeterias, with quantities ranging from cases in the dozens to truckloads and pricing typically quoted on per-case or per-unit bases including delivery.

Issuing bodies span school districts (from single-county districts serving a few thousand students to large multi-school systems like Fairfax County Public Schools), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, state-level Georgia procurement), and occasional municipal or county nutrition programs. School districts dominate recent activity, with the largest concentration in Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools) and secondary activity in Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (food and consumables for El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026) spanning 210 line items with a historical prior-period value of $1.5 million; Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 (Master Grocery K-12 for 45 schools, due April 27, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016089 (canned tomatoes, approximately 7,616 cases, due March 9, 2026). Most solicitations require firm fixed pricing, compliance with USDA and Buy American standards where applicable, weekly or scheduled delivery to multiple school sites, and minimum shelf-life guarantees. Competition is open; no set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in recent postings.