UNSPSC 50421850: Dried wax beans

The variety of beans known as wax beans that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421850 Dried wax beans is a Commodity code tracking a narrow food staple that state and local governments procure almost exclusively as part of institutional food service — child nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and school districts. The code sees minimal standalone solicitation activity; dried beans appear in broader food-supply and grocery-item RFPs and ITBs, where they are priced and delivered as one line item among hundreds in meal-service contracts. State and local issuing bodies sourcing under this code include corrections departments, school districts, and child nutrition authorities. Two concrete recent opportunities anchor the activity: the Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00016233 on March 6, 2026, soliciting approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026, and a second ODOC procurement (ITB S2910000017140) posted June 5, 2026, for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026 at $0.493 per pound (historical reference price).

Geographic concentration is narrow: Oregon dominates the recent activity with two Department of Corrections solicitations within four months, both sourcing triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade beans for delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem on a palletized, FOB destination basis with 45-day delivery windows. No school district, city, or county procurement office has posted a standalone dried-bean solicitation in the snapshot. When dried beans do appear in broader institutional food-service solicitations — such as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria-food-products IFB (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026) or the Rockwood School District grocery-item bid (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 29, 2026) — they are embedded in line-item lists of 300 to 900 items and priced against manufacturer indexes or market baskets rather than solicited on volume and quality alone. Oregon corrections procurement appears to be the primary near-term activity under this code.