UNSPSC 50473420: Canned or jarred organic telegraph cucumbers

The variety of organic cucumbers known as organic telegraph cucumbers that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50473420 Canned or jarred organic telegraph cucumbers is a Commodity code that captures specialty preserved vegetable products state and local governments buy for institutional food service, though recent opportunities show the code itself sees minimal direct activity; instead, state and local procurement offices are soliciting broadly across canned vegetable categories including tomatoes, condiments, and mixed produce as part of larger consolidated food-service contracts for schools, corrections facilities, and health and human services agencies. The issuing bodies span school districts (elementary, middle, and high schools across multiple counties and states), state departments of corrections, state health and human services commissions, and institutional care facilities serving prisoners, veterans, and residents of supported living centers. Work being solicited includes weekly and quarterly food orders, annual consolidated grocery procurements, and specialized fresh and canned produce supply contracts, typically structured as fixed-price IFBs or RFPs with firm pricing for 12-month periods and renewal options extending up to three or four additional years; evaluation emphasizes lowest responsive and responsible bidding with secondary consideration of vendor performance history and compliance with nutritional standards and Buy American Act requirements.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Upper Midwest, with visible procurement by the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (including Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Burke County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts), Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's HHS0017449 IFB for food and consumable products to the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' S2910000016405 IFB for canned tomatoes—approximately 7,616 cases at $13.75 per case historically from California Healthy Harvest (response due June 19, 2026)—and the Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 for comprehensive food products across multiple categories with delivery to four school locations (response due June 15, 2026). Contracts typically carry estimated annual values ranging from $1.5 million at the El Paso facility to $4.4 million across 18 school districts in the GEC cooperative, with firm fixed pricing and quarterly or semi-annual price adjustments tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks where permitted.