UNSPSC 50465814: Canned or jarred spirulina

The variety of sea vegetables known as spirulina that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50465814 Canned or jarred spirulina, a Commodity code, sees limited direct solicitation activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities block shows no recent postings specifically requesting spirulina; instead, issuing bodies are soliciting broadly for canned or jarred food products—tomatoes, general food supplies, fresh produce, and grocery staples—under codes that capture spirulina within a larger commodity family but do not target it as a primary procurement line item. State and local governments buy spirulina as one option within broader nutritional supplement or specialty food categories when supporting institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and state health and human services facilities, though most posted solicitations do not specify or emphasize algae-based products. The issuing bodies include school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County and Burke County Schools in Virginia and Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County Schools in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Schools in Georgia), state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC, Illinois Veterans Homes), and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple districts (GEC Buying Cooperative in Georgia). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois, with the most recent relevant opportunities posted between January and June 2026.

Representative recent solicitations underscore the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement practice. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITBs for canned tomatoes (7,616 cases due February 9, 2026, and again June 19, 2026, at $13.75 to $14.30 per case historically) and tomato paste (1,904 cases due March 9, 2026), not spirulina. The Texas HHSC Procurement and Contracting Services issued IFBs for supplemental food and consumable products spanning 210 line items—bread, bakery items, proteins, dairy, frozen specialty foods, condiments—due February 23, 2026, and again March 19, 2026, with maximum contract value of $4.5 million, with no mention of spirulina as a required or optional item. Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia issued an IFB for school food with hundreds of line items organized by category (fresh and frozen produce, meat and seafood, dairy, condiments, staple goods), due June 15, 2026. The Muscogee County School District and multiple other Georgia school districts solicited fresh produce and eggs under RFPs and ITBs, consistently emphasizing whole-grain, low-sodium, and nutritionally compliant options, but spirulina does not appear as a specified or encouraged product. The code shows little recent relevant activity; state and local buyers are acquiring canned and jarred food products at scale, but spirulina remains outside the mainstream categories being actively procured under these opportunities.