UNSPSC 50463016: Canned or jarred yau choy sum

The variety of chinese cabbage known as yau choy sum that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50463016 Canned or jarred yau choy sum is a Commodity code capturing a single specialized food product, but recent state and local procurement activity shows this code is used primarily for broad food service and nutritional supply contracts across multiple product categories, not specifically for yau choy sum. State and local governments issuing under this taxonomy include school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Douglas County Schools and Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Burke County and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia), state departments and agencies (State of Illinois for the Illinois Veterans Home, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and county school systems. The issuing bodies span school nutrition programs procuring groceries and fresh produce for student meal services, state facility food services for corrections and healthcare operations, and state purchasing cooperatives managing multi-district procurement. Work solicited under this code ranges from comprehensive annual grocery contracts encompassing hundreds of line items (canned goods, frozen produce, proteins, dairy, condiments, and prepared foods) to targeted bids for specific commodity categories such as canned tomatoes, fresh produce, and eggs, with vendors typically required to deliver to multiple school sites or state facility distribution centers on firm fixed-price contracts with quarterly or monthly pricing redetermination tied to USDA market indices.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Illinois, and Virginia, with school district nutrition programs representing the largest segment of recent solicitation volume. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) issuing IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 with sealed bids due April 27, 2026, seeking grocery product supply and delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens on a July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026, under a September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 initial term; and the Oregon Department of Corrections issuing ITB S2910000017145 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes with bids due June 19, 2026, for delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem. School districts consistently enforce Buy American provisions requiring domestically grown or processed agricultural components, HACCP compliance, debarment certifications, and liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2,000,000, with most contracts permitting price adjustments at renewal based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service indices or the Consumer Price Index. Award decisions typically favor lowest responsive and responsible bids with consideration for vendor performance history, delivery capability, and specification compliance.