UNSPSC 50421840: Dried moth beans

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

UNSPSC 50421840 Dried moth beans is a Commodity code representing a narrow food product category that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service operations, including correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and child care centers. Recent solicitations show that dried beans—primarily pinto and red varieties rather than moth beans specifically—are purchased in bulk quantities (ranging from 42,500 to 127,500 pounds per procurement) to support meal programs serving hundreds to thousands of daily participants. The Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice are the dominant recent buyers under this code, both issuing ITBs or IFBs for dried pinto and red beans delivered to central distribution centers for inmate populations; school districts and child care programs also source dried legumes as part of broader grocery procurement bundles. Specifications consistently require U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards, triple-cleaned product, minimum one-year shelf life, nutritional facts labels, and FOB Destination delivery on palletized loads to central warehouses.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest, with Oregon and Texas generating the most recent dedicated solicitations. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto beans in March and June 2026 (S2910000016233 due March 20, 2026, and S2910000017140 due June 19, 2026), with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procuring cafeteria food products including dried beans through the Statewide Procurement Division (IFB 304T-26-300CF, extended to May 4, 2026). Georgia school districts have also solicited fresh produce and eggs through cooperative purchasing vehicles like the GEC Buying Cooperative (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026), though those RFPs do not isolate dried beans as a line item. The code sees limited standalone activity outside institutional food service; no recent opportunities show dried moth beans specifically, and most historical purchases reference pinto or red beans instead, suggesting either taxonomic mislabeling in the code assignment or minimal procurement demand for moth beans variants in state and local procurement today.