UNSPSC 50401835: Madeira/madera beans

The variety of beans known as madeira/madera beans

UNSPSC 50401835 Madeira/madera beans is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh dried legume supply to state and local institutional food service operations, though recent solicitations show minimal activity specifically targeting this item in isolation. State and local procurement under this code spans institutional food service providers—principally state departments of corrections and health/human services, school nutrition programs, and municipal senior services—sourcing fresh produce and legume items for cafeteria, canteen, and meal-program operations. The issuing bodies are predominantly state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health) and school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bartow County, Bryan County, Early County, Dougherty County), with sporadic activity from county parks departments and municipal senior centers. Most recent opportunities group this commodity within larger fresh-produce or food-service-supply procurements rather than soliciting beans as a standalone line item, reflecting how state and local purchasing typically aggregates legume and vegetable sourcing into consolidated food-service contracts.

The geographic footprint is concentrated in Texas, with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issuing repeated fresh-produce and food-service solicitations across multiple warehouse and facility locations; Georgia and Illinois show secondary activity through school districts and correction/mental-health agencies. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice fresh fruit and vegetable procurements for food warehouses at Snyder (IW267420, responses due October 14, 2026) and Wynne (IW267411, responses due October 14, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections fresh produce bid for Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, under small business set-aside), and school district fresh-produce or food-supply consolidations such as the Bartow County Schools local fresh fruits and vegetables RFP (10-2026-019, due June 22, 2026) and Early County Board of Education food-and-supplies bid (PE55045NONST2027000000006, due June 8, 2026). Activity is driven by annual budget cycles—most solicitations carry fiscal year 2027 or 2026-2027 school-year terms—and institutional volume represents recurring demand, though individual line-item quantities for beans specifically are often modest (typically 1–24 cases annually per institutional buyer).