UNSPSC 50171834: Chinese bean paste

A type of paste which is mixed with the chinese-style soybean paste made with the steamed soybean after fermenting it with flour powder and salt, and makes its color dark by mixing the caramel.

UNSPSC 50171834 Chinese bean paste is a Commodity code that sees minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting Chinese bean paste; instead, it captures broad food and consumable product procurements where bean paste may appear as a line item within larger inventories of condiments, seasonings, or ethnic specialty foods. State and local governments purchase food service supplies through school nutrition programs, correctional facility commissary systems, state hospital and supported living center food operations, and municipal food service departments, but the opportunities posted do not isolate Chinese bean paste as a distinct procurement category or bid line item.

The issuing-body mix spans school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Rockwood R-VI School District, Missouri; Douglas County Schools and Burke County Schools, Georgia; Liberty County Schools, Georgia; Ben Hill County Schools, Georgia; Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Oregon Department of Corrections; Illinois Department of Corrections; Georgia Department of Agriculture), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut). The geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Connecticut, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia. Representative procurements include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries serving Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 across 45 schools (due April 27, 2026), and Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026), all seeking hundreds of food line items where specialty condiments or ethnic ingredients might be bundled rather than separately specified. The code shows no recent standalone opportunities targeting Chinese bean paste as a primary procurement vehicle.