UNSPSC 50475403: Canned or jarred organic crowder peas

The variety of organic peas known as organic crowder peas that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50475403 Canned or jarred organic crowder peas, a Commodity code, covers canned legume products that state and local governments procure as part of comprehensive food service supply contracts for institutional feeding programs. State and local purchasers under this code include school districts, state correctional and health facilities, and other nutrition programs that source food through competitive bidding. Rather than standalone canned-crowder-pea procurements, the code appears primarily within larger food supply aggregations: school nutrition programs bid hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, canned goods, and supplies; state health and human services agencies solicit supplemental food and consumable products for hospitals and state supported living centers encompassing 210 or more line items; and correctional departments source food products in bulk. The recent opportunities block shows no dedicated crowder-peas solicitation but demonstrates the category's typical procurement context through related canned-goods activity under similar issuing bodies and notice types.

Geographic spread of institutional food procurement spans multiple states. Recent activity appears concentrated in Georgia (school districts including Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, and Burke County); Texas (health and human services commissions procuring for state facilities statewide); Oregon (Department of Corrections sourcing canned tomatoes); Illinois (Veterans Home quarterly food orders); and Missouri (Rockwood School District). School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with state agencies and correctional departments as secondary buyers. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products supporting the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million and a contract term through August 31, 2027; Burke County Public Schools' IFB seeking nearly 400 line items due June 5, 2026; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes due April 6, 2026. These opportunities are typically IFBs or RFPs with firm fixed pricing, Buy American compliance, and USDA grade specifications, awarded to lowest responsive and responsible bidders or on a best-value basis. Pricing structures commonly require cost-plus formulas tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service indices or consumer price reporting, with delivery to multiple school sites or central distribution centers and contract terms running July through June for school years.