UNSPSC 50465800: Canned or jarred sea vegetables

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

UNSPSC 50465800 Canned or jarred sea vegetables, a Class code, does not align with the actual food procurement activity solicited under this code in recent state and local opportunities. Recent postings tagged to this code encompass broad shelf-stable food inventories — canned proteins, vegetables, fruits, soups, condiments, and prepared entrees — purchased by state health and human services agencies, county governments, school districts, and state correctional facilities to supply institutional cafeterias, canteens, and food service operations. Sea vegetables specifically do not appear in any of the recent opportunities; the code appears to be a mislabeling artifact within procurement systems that tag general food solicitations with overly narrow commodity codes. The work itself spans routine food service supply contracts for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, county senior services, and school nutrition programs, typically issued as IFB or informal written quote (IWQ) notices with response windows of one to two weeks and delivery terms of F.O.B. Destination within 72 hours to seven days of order placement.

Recent opportunities cluster in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing multiple large-scale IFBs and Oregon Department of Corrections and state agencies posting discrete commodity purchases. Representative solicitations include Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with annual quantities of 1 to 24 cases per item; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable foods for the Department of Community Services (quotes due October 19, 2026), specifying peanut butter, canned proteins, rice, pasta, soups, and canned vegetables with F.O.B. Destination delivery within 72 hours; Texas HHSC's prior IFB HHS0016792V2 for supplemental food and consumables to state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, encompassing 210 line items with a three-year contract value ceiling of $4.5 million; and Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (bids due June 19, 2026) with 5 percent Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences applied. Issuing bodies include state departments of health, human services, and corrections; county boards and school districts; and special-purpose nutrition programs. Most solicitations require firm fixed pricing on detailed line-item sheets, three verifiable references, proof of liability insurance, and compliance with E-Verify, debarment, and food safety standards including HACCP plans and USDA grading requirements.