UNSPSC 50421808: Dried black shackamaxon beans

The variety of beans known as black shackamaxon beans that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421808 Dried black shackamaxon beans is a Commodity code that in practice covers dried beans of various types—black, pinto, red, and kidney varieties—procured by state corrections departments, school nutrition programs, and other institutional food-service operations for bulk cooking and meal preparation. State and local buyers soliciting under this code are primarily state departments of corrections, state purchasing divisions coordinating institutional food supply, and municipal school nutrition programs. The actual work involves sourcing triple-cleaned dried beans meeting USDA grading standards with specifications for moisture content, foreign-material thresholds, and shelf-life requirements; delivery is FOB destination to centralized distribution centers or direct to meal-service sites, and pricing is all-inclusive with no separate freight reimbursement.

Recent activity spans Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation bonus and a historical price of $0.493 per pound; the State of Oregon separately solicited dried black beans triple-cleaned (S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026) for institutional use. Georgia Correctional Industries requested kidney beans in increments of 880 bags (92100ERFQ0020612027, RFQ, due October 9, 2026), and the State of Georgia issued a broader food-and-kitchen-products solicitation (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) that likely included dried beans. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, procuring on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations (due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), encompassing diverse food categories with 382 line items and a contract term through August 31, 2027 with optional renewals; the Illinois State of Illinois solicited weekly food orders for the July-September quarter (27497DVAQUINCB52821, due June 26, 2026). Responses require compliance certification, detailed product literature with nutritional data, and proof of USDA, USDC, and FDA compliance; Oregon applies state-preference scoring, and Georgia enforces strict specification-sheet completion rules disallowing shortcuts such as checkmarks or ditto marks.