UNSPSC 50464507: Canned or jarred split yellow lentils

The variety of lentils known as split yellow lentils that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464507 Canned or jarred split yellow lentils is a Commodity code that sees little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities block contains 24 solicitations spanning food procurement across school districts, correctional facilities, and health and human services agencies, yet none of them specifically identify split yellow lentils or lentil products as line items. The posted opportunities focus on comprehensive food service contracts covering fresh produce, proteins, dairy, canned vegetables (primarily tomatoes), grains, and prepared entrees, but lentils—whether canned, jarred, or otherwise—do not appear as named commodities in any of the posted RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs. School districts in Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System), Texas (Rockwood R-VI School District), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), and Oregon's Department of Corrections have all recently solicited food products, but their line-item listings and specifications emphasize proteins, fresh and frozen vegetables, dairy, grains, and prepared foods rather than pulse products such as lentils. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted two separate invitations for supplemental food and consumable products to serve state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with a maximum potential contract value of $4.5 million, and those solicitations similarly omit lentil products from their 210 line-item scope.

The code shows no geographic concentration of activity and no pattern of repeat buyers pursuing lentil procurement. Business development professionals should treat this code as dormant in current state and local procurement cycles and monitor future postings closely to identify when jurisdictions begin incorporating pulse products into food service specifications or issue standalone commodity solicitations for canned or jarred lentil products.