UNSPSC 50421505: Dried gros camus de bretagne artichokes

The variety of artichokes known as gros camus de bretagne artichokes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421505 Dried gros camus de bretagne artichokes is a Commodity code, but state and local governments soliciting under this code right now are actually buying dried beans — pinto, red, black, and kidney beans — for institutional food service, correctional facilities, child care programs, and cafeteria operations. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual purchasing activity suggests the code is being used as a catch-all for dried legumes rather than specifically for artichokes. Soliciting bodies include state departments of corrections, state procurement offices acting on behalf of criminal justice agencies, city and county governments operating food programs, and state educational or institutional purchasing divisions. Work spans bulk procurement of triple-cleaned, USDA-graded dried beans in quantities ranging from roughly 880 bags (Georgia Correctional Industries) to 42,500 pounds (Oregon Department of Corrections), with delivery to institutional distribution centers, cafeterias, or central warehouses on fixed schedules.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with visible solicitations from Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, and Texas between May and October 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicitation (S2910000017705 and S2910000017140, bids due June 19 and August 21, 2026) sought dried black and pinto-and-red beans on an IFB basis with 10% Oregon-preference evaluation and compliance with USDA No. 2 or better grading. The State of Georgia Correctional Industries issued RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027 for kidney beans due October 9, 2026, requiring all-inclusive pricing with no separate freight reimbursement and strict specification-sheet completion rules. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for 382 line items of cafeteria food products including multiple dried bean varieties across five Texas regions, with the original April 21, 2026, deadline extended to May 4, 2026, via addendum; the initial contract term runs through August 31, 2027, with two optional one-year renewals. The City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supplies including dried beans and other food and nonfood items with local-vendor preference under Texas Government Code Section 271.9051, due August 4, 2026. Bidders should note that Oregon applies manufactured-in-state and headquarters-in-state preferences totaling 10%, that Georgia prohibits use of compliance shortcuts and enforces communication restrictions with procurement staff, and that Texas applies SmartBuy administrative fees to orders.