UNSPSC 50463904: Canned or jarred calabash gourds

The variety of gourds known as calabash gourds that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50463904 Canned or jarred calabash gourds is a Commodity code that sees sparse recent state and local solicitation activity—the source contains no direct procurement opportunities for calabash gourds themselves. The recent opportunities tagged to this code instead reflect broader food procurement by state and local agencies, predominantly for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state health and human services institutions. State and local governments actually buy canned produce, fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and miscellaneous food service items under broader food categories; calabash gourds as a discrete commodity do not appear in any recent RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB records provided. The issuing bodies include school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Burke County and Liberty County in Georgia, Fairfax County in Virginia, Savannah-Chatham in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia), state departments of corrections (Oregon ODOC), state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC), and state nutrition or benefits programs (Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy). No repeat buyers of calabash gourds appear in the opportunity set.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois, with the heaviest cluster in Georgia school districts and the Texas state health system. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (due April 6, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026). These solicitations demand canned vegetables, fruits, proteins, and staple items in volume; calabash gourds do not appear among the specified line items in any of the posted opportunities. The code itself does not show recent procurement intent specific to calabash gourds, suggesting either minimal state and local demand for this commodity or a classification mismatch in the source data.