UNSPSC 50463903: Canned or jarred bottle gourd

The variety of gourds known as bottle gourd that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50463903 Canned or jarred bottle gourd, a Commodity code, sees limited direct procurement activity in state and local government, with recent opportunities focusing instead on broader canned and fresh produce categories that may incidentally include bottled gourd products. The recent solicitation record shows no state or local agency explicitly soliciting canned or jarred bottle gourd as a standalone line item; instead, jurisdictions are buying canned tomatoes, fresh produce, supplemental food and consumables, and comprehensive grocery supplies for schools, correctional facilities, and state-supported living centers. When canned vegetables appear in these procurements, they are typically generic commodity items (diced, sliced, or stewed tomatoes) with USDA Grade B or better standards, sodium limits, and minimum shelf-life requirements, rather than specialty items like bottle gourd. The few opportunities that might tangentially touch this code involve general food procurement for institutional food service—state departments of corrections, health and human services commissions, and school nutrition programs—where vendors respond to broad line-item food lists rather than targeted gourd-specific requests.

Recent activity under related commodity codes reflects purchasing from state correctional systems in Oregon and Texas, school districts across Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia, and state health and human services agencies in Texas and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple canned-vegetable RFQs and ITBs (tomato paste in February 2026, canned tomatoes in January and June 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued statewide food and consumable IFBs covering 210+ line items (February and May 2026), and school districts in Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia have solicited comprehensive grocery and produce contracts. The geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, with school nutrition programs the most frequent issuing body. No recent opportunity directly names canned or jarred bottle gourd as a procurement item, suggesting either minimal demand for this specialty product in state and local food service or coding misalignment in the taxonomy. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor school nutrition and institutional food-service RFPs for the broadest category matches and clarify with procurement offices whether bottle gourd products are included in generic "canned vegetables" line items.