UNSPSC 50476615: Canned or jarred organic queensland blue squash

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

UNSPSC 50476615 Canned or jarred organic queensland blue squash is a Commodity code that in practice does not reflect the scope of state and local food procurement activity recorded in recent opportunities. The code's nominal specification names a single organic variety of squash, yet the recent solicitations tagged under this code document procurement of broad shelf-stable food portfolios spanning canned proteins, vegetables, fruits, condiments, dairy products, bakery items, and food service supplies for institutional food service operations. State and local buyers—Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia counties and school districts, Oregon Department of Corrections, and Illinois state agencies—use IFB and IWQ (informal written quote) notices to source these items for state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and senior services. The mismatch between the code's narrow product focus and the actual buying pattern suggests either misclassification at submission or a code structure that does not map cleanly to how institutions aggregate food procurement.

The most active recent buyers are the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (three separate IFBs between May and October 2026 for Lufkin and El Paso state supported living centers) and Georgia school districts and county governments (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Gwinnett County). Recent opportunities posted in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon between May and October 2026 reflect demand for large-volume institutional food sourcing with delivery windows of seven to thirty days, firm-fixed unit pricing, and compliance with USDA grade standards, FDA labeling, Buy American provisions, and state-specific vendor qualifications. The Texas procurement for El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017449, due July 2026) referenced a prior-year spend of $1.5 million and included NIGP commodity codes spanning food service categories; the ODOC canned tomato bid (S2910000017145, due June 2026) for 7,616 cases illustrates the volume scale of single-item procurements within this family. With no documented opportunities specifically for organic queensland blue squash, this code shows limited direct market signal and likely reflects a data-entry mismatch rather than active state and local procurement activity.