UNSPSC 50421820: Dried flageolet beans

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

UNSPSC 50421820 Dried flageolet beans is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy dried beans—primarily pinto and red varieties—through this code to support institutional food service operations, particularly corrections facilities and school nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show procurement bodies acquiring bulk quantities of triple-cleaned, food-grade dried beans that meet USDA No. 2 or better standards, with strict shelf-life and food-safety compliance requirements including FDA and HACCP certification. The work involves supplying beans as a staple protein and carbohydrate source for high-volume institutional feeding, with delivery typically on a FOB destination, palletized basis to central distribution centers or kitchen facilities.

State corrections departments and school districts dominate recent activity under this code. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple ITBs for dried pinto beans (127,500 pounds in March 2026 and 42,500 pounds in June 2026, with prior awards at $0.43–$0.493 per pound), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued an IFB for cafeteria food products including beans as line items within a broader food procurement for multiple warehouse locations. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Muscogee County (Georgia), and Savannah-Chatham County (Georgia) have solicited grocery contracts that incorporate dried beans as component items within larger master grocery or food-supply procurements serving 6,000 to 19,000 students daily. Activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Texas, and Georgia, with additional school-based procurement in Virginia and Missouri. The Oregon Department of Corrections applies a combined 10% evaluation preference (5% for goods processed entirely in Oregon and 5% for Oregon-headquartered bidders), and the USDA Buy American Act applies across school-district procurements. No recent solicitations listed dried flageolet beans as a stand-alone item; flageolets appear to be sourced as part of broader dried-bean or grocery-product buys, and dried pinto and red beans dominate the recent commodity-level activity.