UNSPSC 50421854: Horse beans

Vicia faba, also known in the culinary sense as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. WFP food convention.

UNSPSC 50421854 Horse beans, a Commodity code, frames institutional dried bean procurement for state and local food service, correctional, and educational programs. State and local governments soliciting under this code buy dried legumes—primarily black beans, pinto beans, red beans, and kidney beans—in bulk volumes for institutional cooking, meal preparation, and food-service delivery. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state purchasing offices, city food-service programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and specialized food-program administrators. Specifications consistently require triple-cleaned product meeting U.S. No. 2 or better USDA grade standards, compliance with FDA and HACCP regulations, moisture-content limits, and low defect thresholds for foreign material and damaged beans. Deliveries are FOB destination to institutional warehouses or central distribution centers, typically in bulk (880-bag increments or 42,500-pound lots), with all-inclusive pricing incorporating transportation and fuel surcharges; procurement officers explicitly prohibit separate freight reimbursement.

Recent activity spans Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued RFQ S2910000017705 (due August 21, 2026) for dried black beans, triple-cleaned, for institutional use, and RFQ S2910000017140 (due June 19, 2026) for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation credit and incumbent historical pricing of $0.493 per pound. Georgia Correctional Industries issued RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027 (due October 9, 2026) for kidney beans in 880-bag increments. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF (response deadline extended to May 4, 2026) for cafeteria food products across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations, spanning diverse proteins, frozen items, dairy, grains, and legumes with FOB Destination delivery to six distribution points. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP 2026-017 (due August 4, 2026) for CACFP meal-program supplies including proteins and food products for 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 (5% price preference for bids within 5% of low bid).