UNSPSC 50564912: Non GMO cara cara orange purees

The variety of non GMO oranges known as non GMO cara cara oranges which have been pureed

UNSPSC 50564912 Non GMO cara cara orange purees, a Commodity code, reflects state and local procurement of processed fruit products for food service and institutional meal programs. Recent state and local solicitations under this code span fresh produce procurement, canned fruit products, dried fruit bars, and supplemental food and consumable supplies for schools, corrections facilities, health and human services institutions, and county nutrition programs. The code captures what governments actually buy: shelf-stable canned and processed fruit items meeting USDA commodity specifications, often with brand-or-equal provisions permitting substitution of equivalent products. Issuing bodies include state departments (corrections, health and human services), county boards of education and commissioners, independent school districts, and state health facilities. State procurement offices also solicit for multiple institutions simultaneously, as when Texas HHSC and the Department of State Health Services jointly procure for state hospitals and state supported living centers statewide.

Recent activity spans multiple states with notable concentration in the South and West. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two separate ITBs for canned fruit applesauce (May 18 and July 10, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple supplemental food and consumable procurements (May 19 and June 11, 2026), and the State of Illinois has solicited weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy across multiple quarters (June 12, August 19, and recurring). Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, and Oregon show the heaviest recent posting activity. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026; Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items due June 26, 2026; and the Texas HHSC IFB for supplemental food and consumables (210 line items, maximum potential contract value $4.5 million over three years) with a March 19, 2026 response deadline. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products are standard across school and institutional food service procurements.