UNSPSC 50463304: Canned or jarred wintercress

The variety of cresses known as wintercress that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50463304 Canned or jarred wintercress (Commodity) covers shelf-stable preserved vegetables that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service — though the recent solicitation record shows minimal actual demand for wintercress specifically and instead reflects a much broader market for canned and jarred vegetables, canned proteins, condiments, and food service supplies across state agencies, school districts, and county nutrition programs. The code sits within a larger ecosystem of food procurement where state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and county senior services all source similar preserved and fresh foods under overlapping solicitations. Issuing bodies span state health and human services commissions, state correctional and education departments, county boards of education and commissioners, and individual school districts. Texas agencies — particularly the Texas Health and Human Services Commission — are the most active repeat buyers, with multiple live solicitations for state-supported living centers and state hospitals. Georgia school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools) and county governments (Gwinnett County) also actively solicit food procurement. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a large canned-tomato bid in June 2026, and the State of Illinois solicited quarterly food orders for institutional food service.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with additional activity from Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 (posted October 16, 2026, due October 23, 2026) for consumables and foods for the Lufkin State Supported Living Center, covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with delivery within seven days and F.O.B. Destination pricing; the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable foods under IWQ 140229 (posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026) including peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, and canned vegetables for the Senior Services Center; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (posted June 5, 2026, due June 19, 2026) with Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences at 5 percent and delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning approximately 382 line items across proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and condiments (response extended to May 4, 2026) and Ben Hill County Schools' food bid for school nutrition (due June 15, 2026) illustrate the scale of institutional food service procurement. Actual wintercress solicitations do not appear in the recent record; the code assignment appears to be a taxonomy mismatch with the broader institutional food and beverage procurement activity these agencies are conducting.