UNSPSC 50464125: Canned or jarred thyme

The variety of herbs known as thyme that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464125 Canned or jarred thyme, a Commodity code, encompasses shelf-stable culinary herbs and seasonings in preserved form that state and local governments procure as part of broader food service and institutional cafeteria supply contracts. Recent solicitations show this code appearing alongside dozens of other food commodity line items in large-scale institutional procurement — not as a standalone item, but as one line within multi-category food service buys covering proteins, dairy, produce, condiments, and prepared items. State procurement offices, county social services departments, state health and human services agencies, and state correctional systems issue these contracts; issuing bodies include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia. The work consists of delivering shelf-stable food products meeting USDA and FDA specification and grade requirements to institutional facilities — state supported living centers, correctional facility warehouses, county senior services centers, and state-operated food service operations — on firm, fixed-price contracts with strict delivery windows, temperature controls, packaging standards, and product-quality guarantees.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple IFBs for food and consumable products to state supported living centers, including HHS0017798 and HHS0017799 for Mexia State Supported Living Center (due August 25, 2026), HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 11, 2026), and HHS0016792v2 for statewide supplemental food and consumables spanning state hospitals and supported living centers (bid deadline March 19, 2026, with a maximum potential contract value of $4,500,000 over three years). The Texas Comptroller issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouse locations (extended due date May 4, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of food items including shelf-stable products for the Department of Community Services under IWQ 140229 (due October 19, 2026). The State of Georgia issued a food and supplies procurement (due June 22, 2026), and the State of Illinois solicited quarterly weekly food orders for FY-27 (due June 26, 2026). Contracts typically run twelve months with optional renewal periods of one to two years; historical values for similar food-service procurements range from $158,000 to $1.5 million annually depending on facility scope and order volume.