UNSPSC 50464500: Canned or jarred lentils

The type of vegetable known as lentils that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464500 Canned or jarred lentils is a Class code that covers shelf-stable legume products state and local governments procure as components of institutional food service operations, particularly for state-run facilities, school districts, and county social services programs. Recent solicitations show lentils being bought as part of broader consumables and food items procurements for state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and county senior services operations. The issuing bodies span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) state supported living centers, county boards of commissioners sourcing for senior services, school districts managing child nutrition programs, state departments of corrections, and state health agencies. The code sits within institutional bulk-food procurement, where lentils and other shelf-stable proteins appear as line items within larger food-service contracts rather than as standalone specialty purchases.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas HHSC has posted multiple IFBs for consumable foods serving Lufkin and El Paso state supported living centers, with response dates in June through October 2026; these solicitations span 20–22 line items mixing prepared foods, shelf-stable products, and food-service supplies with annual usage measured in cases. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Georgia, issued an IWQ in October 2026 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables for senior services, due October 19, 2026. Burke County Public Schools, Georgia, and Ben Hill County Schools, Georgia, both posted school nutrition food bids in May 2026 covering hundreds of line items across multiple food categories with contract periods beginning July 2026. Oregon Department of Corrections posted a canned-tomatoes IFB in June 2026 for 7,616 cases, indicating that state corrections systems also buy in this commodity family. No recent opportunities explicitly name lentils in their posted summaries, but the code's activity is visible in the broader institutional food-service contracting pattern, particularly where canned and jarred legumes compete within shelf-stable protein categories sourced by state facilities and school districts on annual or multi-year terms.