UNSPSC 50476205: Canned or jarred organic cucuzza squash

The variety of organic summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as organic cucuzza squash that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50476205 Canned or jarred organic cucuzza squash is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, captures canned and jarred vegetable products procured for institutional food service operations, particularly school nutrition programs and state health and human services facilities. The code appears tangential to actual recent procurement activity—the solicitations tagged with this code involve broad food supply contracts for institutional feeding that encompass hundreds of line items across proteins, produce, dairy, and prepared foods, not specialty items like organic cucuzza squash. State and local issuing bodies pursuing institutional food service include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Douglas County, Liberty County, Burke County, Savannah-Chatham County, Muscogee County, Ben Hill County), state corrections and health departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois Veterans Homes), and county school boards across multiple states. The geographic spread centers on Georgia (Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Burke County, Ben Hill County, Douglas County), Texas (HHSC statewide), Oregon (ODOC), and Missouri (Rockwood), with additional activity in Virginia and Illinois. Geographic concentration reflects states with active school nutrition procurement cycles and state institutional food service operations.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the actual scope of activity under this code: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, with responses due July 13, 2026, covering NIGP categories 385, 390, 380, and 393 with a historical contract value of $1.5 million; the Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S2910000017145 in June 2026 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes due June 19, 2026 with prior pricing at $13.75 per case; and Fairfax County Public Schools issued IFB 2000004323 in April 2026 for a Master Grocery K-12 contract requiring delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens by April 27, 2026. None of these solicitations are specifically seeking organic cucuzza squash or similar niche items; rather, they aggregate general canned and frozen vegetables within much larger institutional supply contracts awarded competitively to lowest-responsive-and-responsible bidders. The code's nominal name diverges significantly from what state and local government actually buys, making pursuit of opportunities under this code dependent on whether your firm can compete in large-volume institutional food supply rather than specialty organic produce items.