UNSPSC 50421738: Dried hickson avocados

The variety of avocados known as hickson avocados that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421738 Dried hickson avocados is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with the nominal category. The six most recent solicitations naming this code are actually for dried beans (kidney, black, pinto, and red), institutional food supplies, and cafeteria products for correctional facilities, child care programs, and state agencies—none of which reference avocados. State and local buyers soliciting under this code are correctional departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state purchasing offices (Georgia, Oregon, Illinois), school districts and child-care operators (City of Edinburg, Texas), and specialty institutional food-service procurement divisions. The work being bought is bulk dried legumes (beans in 880-bag lots, 42,500-pound pallet quantities, and mixed weekly institutional food orders), cafeteria staples meeting USDA or TDA grade standards, and food-service supplies for meal programs serving hundreds of children or incarcerated populations daily.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. Representative opportunities include Georgia Correctional Industries' RFQ for 880-bag kidney-bean deliveries (due October 9, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' solicitation for approximately 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned pinto and red beans with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation credit (due June 19, 2026, at $0.493 per pound historical pricing from prior year); the City of Edinburg, Texas's RFP for Child and Adult Care Food Program supplies across five categories serving 400 children daily with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 (due August 4, 2026); and the Texas Comptroller's IFB for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five geographic warehouse locations with an extended due date of May 4, 2026. The code appears misclassified for avocado procurement and instead reflects how state and local procurement offices tag commodity food and food-service buys; vendors pursuing this code should focus on bulk dried legumes, institutional food staples, and correctional or meal-program food-service supply relationships rather than specialty produce.