UNSPSC 50421817: Dried dragon tongue beans

The variety of beans known as dragon tongue beans that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421817 Dried dragon tongue beans (Commodity) does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally specifies a single dried legume product, but recent opportunities tagged with this code span broad food service procurement—child nutrition programs, school cafeteria operations, correctional facility meal service, and fresh produce supply—none of which center on dried dragon tongue beans as a line item or product family. The Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited dried pinto and red beans in two separate ITBs (March 2026 and June 2026), representing the only legume-specific procurements in the recent record; these opportunities specify triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade beans delivered palletized FOB destination to Salem, Oregon, with volumes ranging from 42,500 to 127,500 pounds per solicitation and historical pricing around $0.43 to $0.49 per pound. State and local buyers using this code are predominantly K–12 school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Douglas County School System in Georgia), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), and municipal agencies (City of Edinburg, Texas).

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina region) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with additional solicitation activity from Texas and Virginia. Opportunities span contract terms from July 2026 through June 2027 with RFPs, RFQs, ITBs, and IFBs due primarily between March and August 2026. Representative solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 2026, due April 27, response RFQ for 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens); Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items (March 2026, due April 29, electronic submission via NUTRIKIDS for over 900 line items); Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP (January 2026, due February 18, estimated $9 million annual spend); and the City of Edinburg, Texas's CACFP Meal Program RFP (July 2026, due August 4, serving approximately 400 children daily with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051). The mismatch between the code's narrow product scope and the breadth of food-service procurement it tags suggests the code is either misapplied in source data or functions as a catch-all category for legume purchases within broader meal programs rather than a distinct market signal.