UNSPSC 50472400: Canned or jarred organic cardoons

The type of organic vegetable known as organic cardoons that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50472400 Canned or jarred organic cardoons is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually buying under this classification in recent solicitations. The source shows no opportunities soliciting cardoons—organic, canned, or jarred—under this code or any variant. Instead, recent opportunities tagged to this code or nearby UNSPSC categories span broader food procurement: school nutrition programs soliciting weekly grocery and fresh produce deliveries, state correctional facilities and health services agencies requesting canned tomatoes and tomato paste, and state-supported living centers seeking supplemental food and consumable products. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Douglas County School System in Georgia, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia), state departments of corrections (Oregon and Texas), and state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, Illinois Veterans Home). These jurisdictions rarely if ever procure cardoons as a standalone line item; when they do source specialty vegetables or canned goods, they bundle them into broader food-service contracts with hundreds of line items covering proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and consumables.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast (Georgia, which shows multiple school districts and state agencies bidding) and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Corrections), with secondary activity in the Midwest (Missouri, Illinois) and mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Texas). Representative recent opportunities illustrate the actual scope: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with responses due July 13, 2026 under IFB; the Oregon Department of Corrections posted ITB S2910000016405 in March 2026 seeking jalapeño peppers with bids due April 6, 2026; and Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia issued IFB #26271 in May 2026 for school nutrition food products, with bids due June 15, 2026. If your firm targets specialty organic vegetables or canned cardoons specifically, this code shows no meaningful recent activity and would require upstream engagement with produce distributors or food-service vendors serving these jurisdictions rather than direct procurement bids.