UNSPSC 50464502: Canned or jarred french green lentils

The variety of lentils known as french green lentils that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464502 Canned or jarred french green lentils is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable legume products purchased for institutional food service, particularly at state-operated facilities and school districts. State and local government buyers under this code procure canned or jarred legumes as part of broader food-supply contracts for cafeterias, dining facilities, and on-site food-service operations at correctional institutions, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. The work involves responding to invitations for bid (IFB) on multi-line-item food procurement solicitations in which legumes appear as one among dozens of food categories. Issuing bodies include state health and human services agencies (particularly Texas HHSC and its successor agencies), state departments of corrections, state boards of education, individual school districts, and county governments operating nutrition programs. Repeat buyers include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Oregon Department of Corrections, both of which post regular food solicitations.

Recent activity centers in Texas and Georgia, with additional procurement in Oregon, Illinois, and the broader South. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), which encompasses 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with estimated annual usage of 1 to 24 cases per item and F.O.B. Destination delivery within seven days; the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (June 19, 2026, with 5 percent Oregon-processor preference), demonstrating the scale and geographic-preference structure of state food procurement; and Ben Hill County Schools' school nutrition IFB for hundreds of food line items across multiple categories (bids due June 15, 2026) with delivery to four school locations. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 cafeteria food line items across five geographic areas (due May 4, 2026) and the Texas HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) with a prior-period value of $1.5 million show the dollar scale and multi-facility scope typical of this market. Canned vegetables and legumes consistently appear in these large-scale institutional food procurements but typically as minor line items within comprehensive bids; standalone legume line items are not prominently featured in recent postings.