UNSPSC 50421508: Dried purple sicilian artichokes

The variety of artichokes known as purple sicilian artichokes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421508 Dried purple Sicilian artichokes, a Commodity code, appears in state and local procurement activity focused on bulk food supply for institutional nutrition programs, though recent solicitations show the code tagged to a narrow slice of that activity. The work being solicited under this code encompasses food procurement for child nutrition, corrections, and school nutrition services — institutional buyers purchasing diverse dried goods, fresh produce, proteins, and staple items in volume for meal programs serving hundreds to thousands of participants daily. State and local issuing bodies range across school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Georgia, and State of Illinois), and cities (City of Edinburg, Texas). School districts appear as repeat buyers, soliciting grocery, produce, and food-service contracts across multiple fiscal years; state correctional and agriculture agencies also engage regularly in large-volume food procurement.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and West, with solicitations from Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon. The City of Edinburg issued RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026, for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal items spanning beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood products, with responses due August 4, 2026 and local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The Oregon Department of Corrections released ITB S2910000017140 on June 5, 2026, requesting approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, triple-cleaned and meeting U.S. No. 2 or better standards, with bids due June 19, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST; a 10% Oregon preference applies (5% for goods fabricated or processed in Oregon, 5% for bidders headquartered in Oregon). The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB 304T26300CF on May 4, 2026, for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic areas in Texas, with delivery to six TDCJ distribution points and a contract term through August 31, 2027, renewable for two additional one-year periods. Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited grocery items for the 2026-27 school year under CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027 on March 31, 2026, encompassing over 900 line items with responses due April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS electronic submission. The code shows substantial institutional demand but limited visibility as a tagged commodity — most recent opportunities span food categories rather than dried Sicilian artichokes specifically.