UNSPSC 50471605: Canned or jarred organic martha washington asparagus

The variety of organic asparagus known as organic martha washington asparagus that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50471605 Canned or jarred organic martha washington asparagus is a Commodity code covering shelf-stable, canned or jarred produce items sourced and distributed to state and local institutional food service operations. State and local governments buy under this code primarily as part of larger consumables procurements for correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and county social services — bundled within wider line-item food bids that span proteins, dairy, fresh produce, and kitchen supplies. Issuing bodies include state departments (health and human services commissions, departments of corrections, comptroller offices), county boards of commissioners and school districts, and independent school districts. The mix reflects institutional bulk purchasing across multiple food categories rather than procurement specialized to organic asparagus alone; the code typically appears as one line item among dozens or hundreds in a single solicitation.

Recent activity spans Texas, Oregon, and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for state supported living centers and hospitals covering supplemental and consumable food products, with the largest contract — HHS0016792V2 for supplemental food and consumables across state hospitals and living centers statewide — carrying a maximum potential value of $4,500,000 over three years and encompassing 210 line items including canned vegetables; responses were due March 19, 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted IFB S2910000017145 on June 5, 2026 (responses due June 19, 2026) for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes, a comparable institutional shelf-stable produce buy with Oregon-fabricated goods and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent, and the prior purchase in February 2026 was $13.75 per case. Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia issued IFB #26271 due June 15, 2026, and Burke County Public Schools in Waynesboro, Georgia sought sealed bids due June 5, 2026, both covering school nutrition food procurement with nearly 400 line items each emphasizing USDA compliance and Buy American requirements. No recent opportunities identified organic asparagus specifically; the code shows activity in bulk institutional canned and jarred produce sourcing within multi-line-item consumables bids, not specialized organic product procurement.