UNSPSC 50462701: Canned or jarred celebrity celery

The variety of celery known as celebrity celery that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50462701 Canned or jarred celebrity celery, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent activity aligned directly with its narrow product scope. The code appears in state and local procurement systems but recent opportunities demonstrate that governments soliciting under food and produce categories buy substantially broader product baskets—fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, prepared entrees, and consumable supplies—rather than specialty preserved celery products. The primary issuing bodies in food procurement are school districts, state institutional facilities (corrections departments, state hospitals, supported living centers), and state agencies managing nutrition programs, with school districts dominating the recent opportunity mix across multiple states. These jurisdictions conduct annual or quarterly food service solicitations ranging from RFQ and RFP processes for specific commodity groups to comprehensive IFB procurements covering hundreds of line items.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with school district procurement showing the deepest recent engagement. Representative current opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products serving the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (proposals due July 13, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (approximately 7,616 cases, due June 19, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026). School nutrition programs in Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Liberty County (Georgia), Burke County (Georgia), and Muscogee County (Georgia) issued concurrent solicitations for grocery items and fresh produce during spring 2026. The code's actual procurement value remains obscured by its narrow specification—no recent solicitations explicitly name canned celery as a line item—suggesting that if celery products are purchased at all under this classification, they represent a minor subset of broader food supply contracts where they compete against dozens of other preserved vegetable options.