UNSPSC 50466708: Canned or jarred potato yams

The variety of yams known as potato yams that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50466708 Canned or jarred potato yams, a Commodity code, covers canned and jarred starch and tuber products that state and local governments procure primarily as food service inputs for K–12 school nutrition programs, state institutional feeding (correctional facilities, veterans homes, state hospitals, supported living centers), and state agency cafeterias. Recent solicitations show minimal direct bidding on potato yams as a standalone line item; instead, canned and jarred starch products appear bundled within broad food supply RFPs and IFBs that encompass hundreds of grocery items. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state agencies responsible for institutional food service — K–12 nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with secondary buyers including state departments of corrections, health and human services commissions, and veterans' homes.

School districts across Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), and Texas drive the largest recent procurement volume. State institutional buyers include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (El Paso State Supported Living Center and statewide state hospitals and supported living centers), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (cafeteria food for multiple warehouses), the Oregon Department of Corrections (food supply for the Central Distribution Center), and the Illinois Veterans Home. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 (posted June 11, 2026, due July 11, 2026) covering food and consumable products for the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with historical annual spend of $1.5 million; the Ben Hill County Schools IFB posted May 19, 2026, due June 15, 2026, soliciting hundreds of line items across fresh, frozen, and canned products with quarterly price adjustments; and the Douglas County School System RFP 26-003 (posted January 21, 2026, due February 18, 2026) seeking a main-line food distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily with estimated annual spend of $9 million. Canned and jarred potato yams are typically specified as line items with case-quantity minimums within these broad food service RFPs and IFBs rather than as standalone commodities; activity is concentrated in school nutrition procurement with secondary institutional food service from state correctional and health-care operations.