UNSPSC 50471904: Canned or jarred organic boltardy beets

The variety of organic beets known as organic boltardy beets that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50471904 Canned or jarred organic boltardy beets is a Commodity code capturing state and local procurement of prepared vegetable products for institutional food service. Recent opportunities show this code, and related canned vegetable categories, are solicited principally by school districts, state institutional facilities, and corrections departments procuring food for dining operations across multiple sites. State and local governments buy canned and jarred vegetables—tomatoes, beets, and mixed produce—as components of larger weekly or quarterly food orders serving cafeterias, nutrition programs, state hospitals, supported living centers, and correctional facilities. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (including Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia; Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia; Burke County Public Schools in Georgia; Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia; Muscogee County School District in Georgia; Douglas County School System in Georgia; and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri), state departments of corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state veterans homes (Illinois Veterans Home). Awards are typically made to food service distributors or broadline grocers meeting specification, delivery, and insurance requirements on a low-responsive-bid or best-value basis.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia. Representative solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for canned tomatoes (7,616 cases, ITB S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (IFB HHS0017449, 210 line items, due July 13, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB for Master Grocery K-12 serving 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (IFB 2000004323, sealed bids due April 27, 2026). These procurements emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American domestic-content rules, firm fixed pricing with limited midterm adjustments, weekly or scheduled delivery to multiple sites, and liability insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000. School district contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 annually with renewal options up to three or four additional one-year terms; state facility contracts run twelve to twenty-four months with optional renewals. No incumbent vendors are named across the recent opportunities shown, and no set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are specified in the solicitations reviewed.