UNSPSC 50472709: Canned or jarred organic greensleeves celery

The variety of organic celery known as organic greensleeves celery that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50472709 Canned or jarred organic greensleeves celery is a Commodity code that encompasses shelf-stable canned and jarred vegetable products procured by state and local jurisdictions for institutional food service, though recent opportunities tagged under this code show the category is used more broadly to capture generic canned-vegetable procurement rather than organic celery specifically. State and local governments purchase these items primarily for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and other institutional cafeteria operations. The issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, state departments of corrections, county boards of commissioners, school districts, and state agency procurement offices. Recent opportunities reveal that canned vegetables (tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and other shelf-stable produce) are bought in high volume—often thousands of cases per contract—as components of comprehensive food-service supply agreements alongside proteins, dairy, grains, and consumable supplies. Delivery typically occurs within 7 to 30 days of order placement, products must meet USDA grade standards (Grade A or B), and pricing is evaluated on a per-unit or per-case basis with firm, fixed rates for initial contract periods and adjustments permitted at renewal or in response to documented market-index changes.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued multiple IFBs for state-supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso in June and August 2026, seeking consumable food products including canned items as line items within larger solicitations; the Lufkin facility IFB (HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026) sought 22 line items of prepared foods and food-service supplies for fiscal year 2027 operations. The Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing Division issued IFB S2910000017145 on June 5, 2026 (bids due June 19, 2026) for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better, with Oregon-fabricated-goods and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent each, and prior pricing at $13.75 per case. Georgia school districts—Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools—solicited comprehensive food bids in May and June 2026 encompassing hundreds of line items including canned vegetables and fruits as components of nutrition programs. The Illinois state procurement (FY-27 IVHQ, due June 26, 2026) and Texas TDCJ prison-food procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) also included canned-vegetable components within larger food-supply contracts. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction: Texas applicants may claim bidder preferences with documentation of ownership; Oregon applies statutory preferences; and Georgia school districts enforce Buy American provisions requiring over 51 percent domestically grown agricultural content. No opportunities show organic celery as a specific line item; the code appears to flag generic shelf-stable vegetable procurement across institutional food service.