UNSPSC 50471916: Canned or jarred organic formanova beets

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

UNSPSC 50471916 Canned or jarred organic formanova beets is a Commodity code that nominally describes specialty canned vegetables, but recent state and local procurement under this code shows little focused activity on the specific product. The recent opportunities attributed to this code instead reflect broad-based food service sourcing for state institutions, school districts, and correctional facilities — solicitations that span hundreds of line items encompassing fresh, frozen, canned, and dry goods across protein, dairy, produce, and pantry staple categories. State and local buying under related food commodity codes centers on institutional cafeteria and food service supply contracts with multi-year terms and renewal options. Issuing bodies include state health and human services departments (primarily Texas HHSC), state departments of corrections, county school districts and public school systems, individual county nutrition programs, and state-level procurement offices executing statewide contracts on behalf of multiple agencies. Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appear as repeat buyers in recent solicitations.

Geographic activity clusters heavily in Texas and Georgia, with additional recent opportunities posted by Oregon (Department of Corrections) and Illinois (state food procurement). Representative recent opportunities include Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (response due October 23, 2026); Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables (response due October 19, 2026); Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better (response due June 19, 2026 with a prior award at $13.75 per case); Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 for comprehensive school nutrition food products across multiple categories (response due June 15, 2026); and Texas Comptroller IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products to TDCJ warehouses (response extended to May 4, 2026). Contracts typically run one fiscal or calendar year with one to three renewal or extension options; pricing is generally firm for the initial period with adjustments permitted at renewal based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks.