UNSPSC 50473906: Canned or jarred organic musky gourd

The variety of organic gourds known as organic musky gourd that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50473906 Canned or jarred organic musky gourd is a Commodity code that shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with its nominal scope. The eight recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect a widespread mismatch between the code's product designation and actual solicitation content. While the code nominally describes a specific organic produce product, state and local governments posting under it are actually procuring broad food-service categories—including fresh produce, proteins, dairy, canned vegetables, bread, kitchen supplies, and food service consumables—across institutional feeding programs for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and senior services operations. The issuing bodies span Texas state health and human services agencies, Oregon corrections, Georgia and Georgia county school districts, and municipal senior-services departments. The work being solicited under this code in practice encompasses multi-line-item food procurement for institutional kitchens, with scopes typically ranging from 20 line items at smaller facilities to nearly 400 items for large school districts, delivered on FOB Destination terms with response deadlines typically 7–30 days from posting.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted three separate IFBs since May 2026 for food and consumables to supply state-supported living centers and state hospitals, with the largest (HHS0016792V2, due March 19, 2026) encompassing 210 line items and a maximum three-year value of $4,500,000. The Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing Division solicited 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026) with Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent, and a prior purchase reference of $13.75 per case. Georgia school districts—Burke County Public Schools (bid due June 5, 2026) and Ben Hill County Schools (bid due June 15, 2026)—each solicited nearly 400 line items for multi-school nutrition programs under Buy American Act requirements and with Child Nutrition compliance mandates. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia posted an informal written quote (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services. The code's activity pattern suggests that state and local buyers are using this commodity designation broadly for institutional food procurement rather than for organic musky gourds specifically, creating a potential classification mismatch that business development professionals should verify against actual RFQ or IFB line-item detail before pursuing.