UNSPSC 50421914: Dried egyptian flat beets

The variety of beets known as egyptian flat beets that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50421914 Dried Egyptian flat beets is a Commodity code that nominally covers dried beet products, but recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct procurement activity under this code. Instead, the recent opportunities block reflects a cluster of dried legume and institutional food-supply procurements—kidney beans, pinto beans, red beans, and black beans—solicited by state correctional agencies, food-service programs, and institutional food distributors. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are the primary issuing bodies in the recent record, each soliciting dried beans in bulk quantities for inmate meal preparation and institutional food service. These procurements are structured as RFQs or IFBs with response dates typically two to three weeks from posting, all-inclusive pricing (freight and delivery embedded), and strict specification compliance including triple-cleaning standards, USDA grading thresholds, moisture limits, and defect tolerances. The work is institutional food procurement, not direct consumer goods—the volumes are large (42,500 pounds in the Oregon case, 880-bag increments for Georgia), deliveries are to central distribution warehouses or correctional facilities, and bidders must demonstrate food-safety compliance (FDA, USDA, HACCP, or Good Manufacturing Practice certification).

The recent activity concentrates in Oregon, Georgia, and Texas, with secondary mentions of Illinois and general institutional use in Texas. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted two bean solicitations in June 2026 (dried pinto and red beans, S2910000017140, due June 19; dried black beans, S2910000017705, due August 21), each specifying USDA grading, palletization, FOB destination delivery to Salem, and Oregon-fabrication and headquarters preferences totaling 10 percent on evaluation. Georgia Correctional Industries solicited kidney beans (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026) in 880-bag increments with all-inclusive bid pricing. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB (304T-26-300CF) covering approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products including dried and fresh protein, dairy, grains, and canned goods for delivery to six TDCJ warehouse locations (response deadline extended to May 4, 2026). Vendors pursuing this code should note the mismatch between the nominal commodity (Egyptian flat beets) and actual recent procurement activity (primarily other dried beans and broader food-service supply), and should monitor Oregon, Georgia, and Texas institutional purchasing offices for standing opportunities in dried legumes and bulk food service.