UNSPSC 50421605: Dried martha washington asparagus

The variety of asparagus known as martha washington asparagus that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421605 Dried martha washington asparagus is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little procurement activity specifically for dried asparagus; instead, the records reflect broad food-service procurement across produce, beans, and cafeteria staples. The code appears misapplied to several of the solicitations in the recent-opportunities block — notably the Oregon Department of Corrections bids for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140 and S2910000016233), the City of Edinburg CACFP meal program (RFP2026017), the Illinois FY-27 IVHQ weekly food order (27497DVAQUINCB52821), and the Georgia fresh produce and food supply procurements — none of which name asparagus or dried asparagus products in their scopes. The one record that names a dried commodity is the ODOC pinto and red beans ITB, which explicitly specifies triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade beans palletized FOB destination to Salem, Oregon, within 45 days of order, with a one-year minimum shelf life and FDA, USDA, HACCP, and cGMP compliance required; the incumbent had priced pinto beans at $0.43 per pound in August 2025.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Muscogee County and Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia), a municipal child-nutrition program (City of Edinburg, Texas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative in Georgia). Geographic activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois. The mismatch between the code name and the actual solicitations suggests the database may have incorrectly tagged these opportunities, or the code is used as a catch-all for institutional dried-goods procurement. Absent documentation of recent solicitations specifically requesting dried martha washington asparagus, vendors should verify code assignment before investing pursuit effort.