UNSPSC 50221306: Cassava flour

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.

UNSPSC 50221306 Cassava flour is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement appears primarily within broader food-supply and food-service solicitations rather than as a standalone item. The code does not appear to be called out as a distinct line item in the recent opportunities; instead, cassava flour would be subsumed within larger food and consumable products categories that school nutrition programs, corrections agencies, and state health and human services facilities use to stock their kitchens and food service operations. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, corrections departments, school districts, and state-level cooperative purchasing entities. The solicitations are issued as Invitations for Bid (IFB) or Requests for Proposal (RFP), with firm fixed pricing, delivery requirements, and USDA or nutritional-standards compliance built into most contracts. Evaluation typically weighs specifications compliance, vendor performance history, delivery capability, and price competitiveness.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with a response due July 13, 2026 and historical annual spending of $1.5 million. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB 304T26300CF (extended to May 4, 2026) for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas covering approximately 382 line items with firm fixed pricing and FOB Destination delivery. In Georgia, the Douglas County School System issued RFP SN 26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services (due February 18, 2026) targeting an estimated $9 million annual expenditure, and the Liberty County Board of Education posted an IFB for Food Products on an annual fixed-price contract (due April 29, 2026) covering over 400 items across 13 school delivery points. Cassava flour, if procured, would be embedded within these broad food-supply line-item structures rather than as a separately tracked commodity, making direct market-sizing under the code difficult to isolate from the recent record.