UNSPSC 50486815: Carob purees

The type of vegetable known as carob which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486815 Carob purees is a Commodity code that covers specialty food ingredients and processed food products for institutional food service operations. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and school nutrition programs sourcing shelf-stable and specialty food products for large-scale meal preparation and distribution. The recent contract opportunities show that carob purees and related specialty ingredients sit within broader food procurement that spans fresh, frozen, canned, and prepared products. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions (Texas HHS Commission), state correctional and detention departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections), county boards of commissioners (Gwinnett County, Georgia), school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), and state procurement offices acting on behalf of institutional end-users. These jurisdictions conduct regular, recurring food supply competitions via IFB, IWQ, and sealed-bid processes to replenish kitchen and food-service inventories on annual or quarterly cycles.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumable products serving state hospitals and state-supported living centers statewide, including HHS0016792v2 (March 19, 2026 response, maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years) and HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (July 13, 2026 response, prior-period value $1.5 million). The Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on May 4, 2026, covering approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse regions. In Georgia, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited informal written quotes (IWQ 140229, October 19, 2026 response) for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items, and Burke County Public Schools sought sealed bids for nearly 400 line items across multiple food categories (June 5, 2026 response). Ben Hill County Schools posted an IFB (June 15, 2026 response) with Buy American Act requirements for food products spanning fresh produce through kitchen supplies. Oregon Department of Corrections issued bids for canned tomatoes (June 19, 2026 response, 7,616 cases with Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences at 5 percent each). The Illinois State Comptroller solicited bids for quarterly weekly food orders under FY-27 IVHQ (June 26, 2026 response). Most contracts run annual cycles aligned to fiscal or academic years with renewal or extension options; delivery terms are typically FOB Destination with F.O.B. Destination language and delivery windows of 7 to 72 hours or 30 days depending on the facility and order type.