UNSPSC 50401828: Hyacinth beans

The variety of beans known as hyacinth beans

UNSPSC 50401828 Hyacinth beans is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh produce—including hyacinth beans and related legumes—as input for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and senior center meal operations, though recent solicitation activity under this code shows minimal direct demand for hyacinth beans specifically. Instead, state and local procurement offices are actively sourcing a broad range of fresh vegetables, fruits, and processed produce to support child nutrition reimbursable meal programs, criminal justice institutional feeding, and community nutrition initiatives. The issuing bodies span school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Northside Independent, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, Glynn County, McAllen Independent, Austin Independent, and Douglas County cooperative), state corrections agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state procurement offices (State of Georgia), county school systems, and specialized programs such as Head Start and senior service divisions. These buyers typically solicit through RFQ, RFP, IFB, and ITB notice types with response deadlines ranging from immediate to 60+ days out, and contracts commonly run annual cycles (July through June) with renewable one- to four-year extension options.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia, Texas, and Florida, with Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Henry County, Glynn County, and Douglas County cooperative) posting the densest recent solicitation volume. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (bids due July 29, 2026) with approximately 5,900 weekly servings for USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program participants, requiring 400-mile local sourcing and 5% diverse-owned-business preference; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for grocery products (bids due June 24, 2026) with estimated procurement value of $969,460.94 covering frozen foods, produce, and meat products for 32,409 cases; Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW241979-A for 1,200 tons of carrots (due March 17, 2026) with Texas vendor set-aside preferences; and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) covering 72 fresh-produce line items for 30 Georgia school districts with estimated spending of $5.5 million across two geographic areas. Hyacinth beans do not appear in any of the recent detailed bid documents reviewed; procurement activity under this commodity code reflects instead routine sourcing of commodity vegetables (carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, produce assortments) driven by institutional meal-service and USDA program requirements. The code shows no current activity specific to hyacinth beans and warrants a skip unless pursuing a general fresh-produce supply relationship with a specific state or local institutional buyer.