UNSPSC 50476612: Canned or jarred organic hubbard squash

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

UNSPSC 50476612 Canned or jarred organic hubbard squash (Commodity) represents a narrow food-service input for state and local institutional feeding programs, though recent solicitations show limited direct procurement of this specific product. State and local governments buy organic canned vegetables and related food products primarily through broader food-service bids that enumerate hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and supported living centers. The issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school), state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, and state-supported living facilities. School nutrition programs dominate the activity, with multiple Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Oregon school districts soliciting comprehensive food procurement contracts that subsume specialty canned goods within larger categorical bids. Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and Department of State Health Services (DSHS) also solicit food supply contracts for institutional feeding at correctional and medical facilities.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Illinois, with secondary activity in Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 posted June 11, 2026, for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026), which covers NIGP food classes including frozen and shelf-stable items under firm fixed unit-rate pricing with historical value of $1.5 million for the prior contract period; Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 posted April 6, 2026, for Master Grocery K-12 across 52 school sites with weekly delivery and a minimum 76-item bid requirement (sealed bids due April 27, 2026); and Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000015837 posted January 26, 2026, for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes at USDA Grade B or better with sodium limits and 12-month shelf life (bid closing February 9, 2026). Canned or jarred organic hubbard squash itself does not appear as a standalone line item in any recent posted opportunity; procurement of specialty or organic canned vegetables occurs within comprehensive grocery bids where vendors respond to hundreds of items with fixed or cost-plus pricing structures and firm terms typically running July-June fiscal years.