UNSPSC 50472401: Canned or jarred organic lunghi cardoons

The variety of organic cardoons known as organic lunghi cardoons that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50472401 Canned or jarred organic lunghi cardoons is a Commodity code that nominally names a single preserved-vegetable product, but state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect focused demand for that specific item. Instead, issuing bodies tag broad food-service solicitations under the code, including consumable foods for institutional cafeterias, state supported living centers, correctional facilities, and school nutrition programs that encompass dozens or hundreds of line items spanning proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and food-service supplies. Recent opportunities show that state and local governments use this code to solicit shelf-stable and prepared foods in bulk quantities—canned vegetables, proteins, sauces, dairy products, and related items—for institutional food service rather than organic lunghi cardoons specifically. The issuing-body mix includes state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC for state-supported living centers), state correctional departments (Texas TDCJ, Oregon Department of Corrections), county school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia; Gwinnett County in Georgia), and state-level procurement offices (Illinois, Georgia, Oregon). Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears as a repeat buyer, with multiple open solicitations for consumable foods at different state facilities.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Texas HHSC posted IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026) and an earlier IFB HHS0017872 for fiscal year 2027 consumables at the same facility (bids due August 25, 2026), both requesting prepared foods and food-service supplies on 22 and 20 line items respectively with seven-day delivery to the facility. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issued IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, and canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services, with quotes due October 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. and delivery required by December 7, 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing Division posted an IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better, with bids due June 19, 2026 and an Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-resident-bidder preference of 5 percent. Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia each solicited comprehensive school-nutrition food bids spanning nearly 400 line items across multiple categories, with Ben Hill's IFB #26271 due June 15, 2026 and Burke County's sealed bid due June 5, 2026. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products to supply multiple TDCJ warehouse locations, with responses due May 4, 2026 (extended via addendum).