UNSPSC 50466101: Canned or jarred america spinach

The variety of spinach known as america spinach that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50466101 Canned or jarred America spinach is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of preserved spinach products for institutional food service, though the recent opportunities block shows no spinach-specific solicitations. Instead, the code appears in a procurement ecosystem where canned vegetables—including tomatoes, other preserved produce, and broader grocery categories—dominate recent activity across state departments, school districts, and correctional facilities. The work being solicited includes supply contracts for institutional kitchens, cafeterias, and state-supported living centers, with vendors typically required to meet USDA grade standards, sodium limits, shelf-life minimums, and food safety compliance. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, health and human services agencies, school nutrition programs across multiple districts, and county school systems. Recent activity shows heavy participation from Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System), Texas (HHSC and TDCJ), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Illinois (Veterans Home), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), with school districts representing the largest share of recent procurements.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products serving the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026, with historical value of $1.5 million annually), the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016405 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes at $13.75 per case (response due June 19, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 for comprehensive school food products across multiple categories to four schools (response due June 15, 2026), and the Texas TDCJ IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with approximately 382 line items (response extended to May 4, 2026). Contracts typically run twelve months with renewal options, require firm fixed pricing with price adjustments limited to CPI or manufacturer increases, mandate FOB Destination delivery to multiple school or facility locations, and emphasize Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, general liability insurance of $1,000,000 or higher, and federal work authorization verification. No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear consistently across the recent opportunities.