UNSPSC 50465004: Canned or jarred tomatillo

The variety of nightshades known as tomatillo that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50465004 Canned or jarred tomatillo is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable tomato products—canned whole, diced, sliced, stewed, or paste forms—for institutional food service. State and local governments buy under this code to supply correctional facilities, state hospitals, supported living centers, school districts, and veterans' homes with canned tomato products meeting USDA Grade B or better standards and sodium restrictions. The issuing bodies are overwhelmingly school nutrition programs and state departments managing institutional food service: the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois state veterans' homes, and school districts across Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia dominate recent activity. School districts represent the largest buyer segment, procuring canned tomatoes as part of broader grocery or fresh produce RFPs; state correctional and health agencies execute narrower, product-specific solicitations. Recent opportunities show school systems bundling canned tomato products into multi-category food bids (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Fairfax County in Virginia, Burke County in Georgia, and Liberty County in Georgia all issued comprehensive grocery RFPs or IFBs through spring 2026), while state agencies issue standalone product-specific ITBs or IFBs for volume procurement.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Oregon, with secondary presence in Texas, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two canned-tomato-specific ITBs (S2910000016405 for approximately 7,616 cases due February 9, 2026, and S2910000016089 for approximately 1,904 cases of tomato paste due March 9, 2026), both with Oregon-fabrication and resident-bidder preferences at 5 percent each. Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0016792 covering 210 line items of supplemental food and consumables statewide with a due date of February 23, 2026, and a subsequent IFB HHS0017449 for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026. School districts across Georgia (Ben Hill County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), and Virginia (Fairfax County) issued food procurement RFPs or IFBs with response deadlines ranging from April through June 2026, each encompassing canned vegetables as line items within larger grocery categories. Illinois issued quarterly food orders through the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (FY-27 quarterly bid 27497DVAQUINCB52821 due June 26, 2026). Award values are not disclosed in most solicitations; Texas HHSC identified a historical value of $1.5 million for the prior period on its El Paso facility procurement, and the statewide supplemental food contract carried a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years.