UNSPSC 50421920: Dried pronto beets

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

UNSPSC 50421920 Dried pronto beets, a Commodity code, sees minimal direct solicitation activity aligned to its narrow product scope. The recent state and local contract opportunities on file show no active procurement for dried pronto beets specifically; instead, the code tags general food supply categories where dried legumes appear as line items within larger grocery or institutional food service contracts. The only clearly on-point solicitations are for dried pinto and red beans through Oregon Department of Corrections (two separate ITBs, March and June 2026), which targets a different dried legume commodity entirely. State and local buyers—particularly school districts, corrections departments, and child nutrition programs—source dried beans and similar staple proteins as components of broader food service agreements rather than as standalone commodity contracts.

Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division stands as the most active recent buyer under related dried-legume codes, issuing ITB S2910000016233 for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026) and ITB S2910000017140 for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026), both delivered FOB destination to ODOC's Central Distribution Center in Salem within 45 days of purchase order, with Oregon fabrication and headquarter preferences applying. School districts across Texas (Rockwood R-VI, Fairfax County Public Schools, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County) and Georgia (Douglas County School System through GEC Buying Cooperative) are actively procuring grocery items and food supply contracts covering hundreds of line items each, but dried pronto beets do not appear as named items in those notices. Procurement activity clusters in Georgia and Texas for school nutrition and child care food programs, with secondary activity in Virginia, Missouri, Illinois, and Oregon. The scarcity of direct dried-pronto-beet solicitations suggests limited institutional demand for this specific commodity, or that it is bundled into larger grocery contracts where individual line-item detail is not posted publicly.