UNSPSC 50463407: Canned or jarred crystal apple cucumbers

The variety of cucumbers known as crystal apple cucumbers that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50463407 Canned or jarred crystal apple cucumbers (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within the broader fresh and preserved vegetable category that state and local governments procure as part of larger food-service contracts for institutional facilities. Recent state and local activity shows this code tagged primarily in comprehensive food and consumable solicitations rather than standalone cucumber specifications, with the code appearing most prominently in multi-item institutional food service RFPs and IFBs covering school districts, correctional facilities, and health and human services agencies. The actual procurement mix spans school nutrition programs, state-supported living centers, correctional departments, and veterans facilities across the United States, with recent activity concentrated in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia. Vendors pursuing this code typically respond to line-item food procurement opportunities that bundle pickled or preserved vegetables alongside proteins, dairy, grains, and fresh produce in consolidated food-service contracts.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited food and consumable products for state hospitals and supported living centers (HHS0017449, IFB, due July 13, 2026) encompassing multiple NIGP commodity classes including canned vegetables; similarly, Texas HHSC issued supplemental food and consumable procurement HHS0016792V2 (IFB, due March 19, 2026) with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million across 210 line items including preserved vegetable products. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued canned tomato solicitations (S2910000017145 and S2910000015837, ITBs, due June 19 and February 9, 2026) specifying approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes with USDA Grade B or better standards and sodium limits, demonstrating state procurement patterns for preserved vegetables in institutional food service. School districts across Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System) posted comprehensive food procurements (IFBs and RFPs, due dates ranging June through April 2026) encompassing hundreds of line items including canned and jarred produce items as components of broader school nutrition contracts. Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri (dual grocery solicitations, due April 29, 2026) similarly procured consolidated food inventories with preserved vegetables embedded in larger line-item food bids. Geographic concentration reflects institutional food-service demand in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and the Upper Midwest, with school districts as the dominant repeat buyers followed by correctional and health services agencies. This code shows consistent but subordinate activity—present as a line item within comprehensive food procurement opportunities rather than as a standalone commodity focus.