UNSPSC 50421852: Dried yard long beans

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

UNSPSC 50421852 Dried yard long beans is a Commodity code that encompasses the procurement of specialty dried legumes for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct demand for this specific item. The code represents a narrow product line within the broader dried bean and legume category that state and local institutions purchase as part of general food supply contracts. Recent opportunities indicate that state and local buyers procure dried beans—particularly pinto and black beans—as components of larger food service operations serving correctional facilities, schools, and child care programs rather than as standalone line items. The issuing bodies are diverse: state correctional departments, school districts, county school systems, municipal child nutrition programs, and regional cooperative purchasing entities all participate in food service procurement. State correctional facilities and school districts emerge as the primary repeat buyers, each consolidating food sourcing through annual or multi-year term contracts that bundle dozens or hundreds of line items across proteins, grains, produce, and staples. School districts procure through both direct IFBs and cooperative purchasing vehicles like the GEC Buying Cooperative that serve multi-district regions.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted two separate ITB solicitations for dried pinto and red beans totaling approximately 170,000 pounds across two 2026 procurements (S2910000016233 and S2910000017140, both due in March and June 2026), signaling sustained institutional demand. Texas—through the Comptroller's office on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—and Georgia, through multiple school district RFPs, issued broader food supply contracts that incorporate dried beans as line items within master grocery or main-line food service awards. School districts in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Virginia (Fairfax County), Georgia (Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County), and Illinois similarly procured grocery items and food supplies on annual cycles from April through June 2026, covering July 2026 through June 2027 performance periods. A single Child and Adult Care Food Program solicitation from the City of Edinburg, Texas (RFP2026017, due August 4, 2026) includes dried beans within a broader five-category food and nonfood supply bundle. The code shows activity but appears underutilized relative to the volume of food service procurement; vendors positioning themselves for institutional food supply contracts will find more consistent opportunity in broader dried-goods or commodity-grain categories than in dried yard long beans specifically.