UNSPSC 50486402: Alicante tomato purees

The variety of tomates known as alicante tomatoes which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486402 Alicante tomato purees (Commodity) describes canned and processed tomato products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service operations, though recent solicitations under this code show limited activity specifically for Alicante tomato purees. State and local buying entities—including state health and human services agencies operating residential facilities, county boards overseeing senior services, school districts running nutrition programs, and state departments of corrections—source these products as part of larger food supply contracts for kitchens, cafeterias, and canteens. The scope of work encompasses shelf-stable tomato products meeting USDA grades and FDA standards, with delivery to central warehouses or individual facilities, FOB Destination terms, and compliance with federal nutrition and labeling requirements including sodium limits, code dating, and country-of-origin marking. Recent solicitations show that tomato products are typically bundled into comprehensive food-supply RFPs and IFBs rather than procured as standalone items; the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB S2910000017145 (posted June 5, 2026, due June 19, 2026) for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes—sliced, diced, stewed, halves, or whole—represents one of the few recent sole-focus tomato procurements, whereas Texas Health and Human Services and school districts across Georgia and Illinois tend to source tomato products as line items within broader consumables contracts.

The issuing-body mix spans state health and corrections departments, county purchasing offices, and school districts across Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Illinois. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears repeatedly—with major multi-location food procurements for state supported living centers and state hospitals, including IFB HHS0016792V2 (posted May 19, 2026) for supplemental food and consumables with a three-year potential value of $4.5 million and IFB HHS0017872 (posted August 11, 2026, due August 25, 2026) for Lufkin State Supported Living Center consumables. School districts in Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271, posted May 19, 2026; Burke County Public Schools PE55037NONST2027000000007, posted May 11, 2026) regularly solicit food products including tomato-based items for child nutrition programs across multiple school locations with Buy American Act compliance requirements. The Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for canned tomatoes (approximately 7,616 cases at $13.75 per case in the prior February 2026 purchase) represents the most recent direct tomato-product solicitation and includes Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences at 5 percent evaluation weight. Geographic concentration in recent postings centers on Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with secondary activity in Illinois; the code shows no standout pattern of repeat tomato-specific procurement, suggesting tomato purees and canned tomatoes enter most institutional food contracts as component line items rather than as dedicated procurements.