UNSPSC 50462612: Canned or jarred white rock cauliflowers

The variety of cauliflower known as white rock cauliflowers that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50462612 Canned or jarred white rock cauliflowers is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable canned and jarred vegetables for institutional food service operations run by state and local government entities. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying this product as part of broad, multi-line-item food and consumables procurements for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and county social services operations. The work involves supplying standardized, specification-compliant canned vegetables alongside dozens of other food products and food service supplies to institutional kitchens and cafeterias. Issuing bodies include state health and human services departments (Texas HHS Commission), state correctional systems, county boards of commissioners, county school districts, and city/county nutrition programs. These entities consolidate vegetable purchases with broader food procurement vehicles rather than issuing standalone solicitations for individual canned vegetable SKUs.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple IFBs for food and consumables serving state supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso (IFB HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026; IFB HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026; and supplemental food procurement HHS0016792V2, due March 19, 2026, with maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia solicited informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026). Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia requested sealed bids for school nutrition food across multiple categories including canned fruits and vegetables (IFB #26271, due June 15, 2026), and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia issued a school nutrition food bid encompassing canned vegetables and other products (PE55037NONST2027000000007, due June 5, 2026). Oregon's Department of Corrections also solicited canned tomatoes on a large scale (approximately 7,616 cases; S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's cafeteria food products procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026) included canned and fresh vegetables among roughly 382 line items across five warehouse distribution areas statewide.