UNSPSC 50421822: Dried french navy beans

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

UNSPSC 50421822 Dried french navy beans (Commodity) represents a narrow food staple procured primarily by correctional and educational institutions to support meal programs and food service operations. State and local governments buy dried beans under this code as a high-volume, shelf-stable protein source for institutional feeding—specifically pinto beans, red beans, and navy beans specified to U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards, triple-cleaned, palletized, and delivered FOB destination with firm fixed pricing that incorporates all transportation and fuel charges. Solicitations emphasize compliance with USDA, FDA, and HACCP standards, nutritional documentation, and shelf-life requirements. Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division) are the dominant repeat buyers under this code, each procuring tens of thousands of pounds per award cycle. School districts and child nutrition programs solicit broadly across grocery and food-supply categories—including dried beans as one line item among hundreds—but the recent opportunities block shows no school district RFP or IFB explicitly focused on dried beans as a standalone commodity.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and South, with Oregon Department of Corrections issuing two separate dried-bean ITBs (March 2026 and June 2026) totaling approximately 170,000 pounds combined, and Texas TDCJ issuing a multi-line-item IFB in May 2026 that encompasses dried beans as one category among 382 line items spanning cafeteria food products. Recent opportunities include Oregon ODOC Invitation to Bid S-29100-00016233 for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST (with a 10 percent combined Oregon-fabrication and resident-bidder preference applied to evaluation); the same buyer's June 2026 bid (S2910000017140) for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST; and Texas TDCJ's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products due May 4, 2026 (extended via addendum from April 21) to the Statewide Procurement Division in Austin. Oregon's prior awards reference historical pricing of $0.43 to $0.493 per pound. The code shows no recent activity outside correctional and food-service distribution contexts, and no school district opportunities tagged specifically to dried beans as a discrete procurement line.