UNSPSC 50465603: Canned or jarred round red potatoes

The variety of potatoes known as round red potatoes that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50465603 Canned or jarred round red potatoes is a Commodity code representing a single food product line that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service operations—school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and supported living centers. The recent solicitations show that canned potatoes appear as line items within much broader food procurement RFPs rather than as standalone opportunities; they are bundled with dozens or hundreds of other canned, frozen, fresh, and prepared foods under consolidated institutional food supply contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home, State of Georgia), and a few county-level systems (Muscogee County, Douglas County in Georgia). School districts dominate the activity, with most soliciting annually under the USDA National School Lunch Program framework requiring Buy American compliance, whole grain and low-sodium specifications, and HACCP food safety plans.

Geographic activity spans multiple states, with concentrated recent solicitation activity 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, Douglas County School System, State of Georgia), Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission multiple facilities, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District, appearing in a multi-district cooperative). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services division issuing IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a response deadline of July 13, 2026, under which canned potatoes would be line items within a broader food supply contract; the Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division issuing ITB S2910000017145 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (response due June 19, 2026) as a parallel starch or vegetable commodity; and Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) issuing IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 with a response deadline of April 27, 2026, requiring minimum bid thresholds on 76 grocery line items across 45 schools and distribution centers. The code shows steady state and local activity but no solicitations dedicated solely to canned round red potatoes; vendors pursuing this commodity should target the institutional food service RFPs naming it as a line item and position supply capability within broader food distributor or specialty canned-goods relationships.