UNSPSC 50466864: Canned or jarred water chestnuts

The type of vegetable known as water chestnuts that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50466864 Canned or jarred water chestnuts, a Commodity code, sees minimal direct activity in state and local procurement; recent opportunities tagged to this code involve broader food service buys where canned vegetables appear as line items within master grocery or food supply contracts, not as specialized commodity purchases. The code captures what public institutions—school districts, corrections departments, health and human services facilities, and veterans homes—source when provisioning institutional food service operations, though the recent opportunities show that canned water chestnuts compete as one item among hundreds in large multipurpose food solicitations rather than as a dedicated procurement focus.

State and local procurement under this code is dominated by school districts and state agency food service operations across the South and West. The recent activity includes the Texas Health and Human Services Commission seeking supplemental food and consumable products for state hospitals and supported living centers (IFB HHS0017449, responses due July 13, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections bidding canned tomatoes at approximately 7,616 cases (ITB S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools issuing a master grocery contract for K-12 delivery across 45 schools plus distribution kitchens (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026). Other issuing bodies include Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and the State of Illinois Veterans Home system, each soliciting comprehensive food supply contracts spanning dozens or hundreds of line items where canned and jarred vegetables—including water chestnuts where specified—fit as component buys. Geographic concentration centers on Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Virginia, and Missouri, with activity reflecting school nutrition programs as the primary driver followed by state corrections and health facilities. Contract values where disclosed range from under $2 million for smaller school districts to $9 million for large metropolitan school systems; the code itself does not command premium procurement attention but remains steady background activity nested within institutional food service consolidation.