UNSPSC 50473509: Canned or jarred organic italian eggplants

The variety of organic eggplants known as organic italian eggplants that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50473509 Canned or jarred organic italian eggplants is a Commodity code tracking a narrow produce subcategory that state and local governments buy primarily as part of larger institutional food service contracts rather than as standalone specialty items. The nine recent opportunities under this code reveal that the work being solicited is overwhelmingly institutional food procurement—canteen supplies for state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, correctional facility cafeterias, senior services centers, and state hospital systems. Vendors responding to these solicitations provide not isolated organic eggplant products but comprehensive food service solutions spanning fresh, frozen, canned, and dry goods alongside consumable supplies such as containers, napkins, and kitchen equipment. The issuing bodies are state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county boards of commissioners (Gwinnett County, Georgia), school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Georgia), a state department of corrections (Oregon), and a school nutrition program in Georgia. The typical contract structure is a firm-fixed-unit-price IFB or RFQ with annual values ranging from low six figures to $4.5 million over three years, delivery within seven days of order receipt, and strict compliance requirements including USDA grade standards, HACCP plans, and Buy American provisions for school nutrition.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon based on the recent-opportunities block. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (posted October 16, 2026, bids due October 23, 2026), which requested 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with annual case quantities between 1 and 24 per item; the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services (posted October 13, 2026, quotes due October 19, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better (posted June 5, 2026, bids due June 19, 2026, with prior purchase at $13.75 per case). Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia) issued a school nutrition food bid due June 15, 2026 spanning hundreds of line items across fresh, frozen, and canned produce, dairy, and proteins for four schools. The code's actual procurement activity shows canned or jarred vegetables—including tomatoes and eggplants—embedded in multi-category institutional food service contracts rather than appearing as specialty organic items; no recent opportunities specify organic certification as a line-item requirement, and the typical evaluation favors lowest-price responsive bidders meeting base USDA and FDA standards over premium organic sourcing.