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 is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent state and local activity. State and local governments rarely solicit horse beans specifically; the single representative opportunity under this code is the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) Purchasing/Contracts Division's March 2026 invitation to bid for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026). That solicitation required triple-cleaned beans meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards with a minimum one-year shelf life, FOB destination delivery to Salem, Oregon in three truckloads spaced 45 days apart, and pricing on a per-pound basis including all transportation and fuel surcharges. ODOC applied a combined 10 percent evaluation preference (5 percent for Oregon-fabricated or processed goods and 5 percent for Oregon-headquartered bidders). The previous award in August 2025 was Farmer Bean at $0.43 per pound. School nutrition programs represent the broader commodity family—districts across Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Virginia are actively procuring food supplies including dried and fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and staple items through RFPs and ITBs—but horse beans themselves do not appear in the recent school meal solicitations.

Activity under the code is concentrated in Oregon, where ODOC has issued multiple dried bean contracts recently. The broader family of legume and dried-goods procurement spans state corrections departments and school nutrition programs in the Southeast and Texas, but horse beans as a specific line item remain uncommon. Firms pursuing this code should focus on corrections institutions and institutional food-service suppliers willing to bid on specialty legumes and dried goods where volume and contract term justify participation. The sourcing pattern suggests irregular, project-based demand rather than sustained procurement volume.