UNSPSC 50421922: Dried sugar beets

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

UNSPSC 50421922 Dried sugar beets (Commodity) represents bulk dried legumes and pulses procured by state correctional agencies, state departments of corrections, institutional food services, and child and adult care programs for mass feeding operations. The code's nominal scope — dried sugar beets — does not align with actual recent state and local solicitation activity; recent opportunities consistently target dried beans (kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and red beans) in institutional volumes ranging from 880 bags to over 42,500 pounds per contract. State and local issuing bodies under this code include state corrections departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state purchasing offices (Georgia, Oregon, Illinois), and municipal food-service programs (City of Edinburg, Texas, serving a child and adult care program). The work involves specification compliance with USDA grading standards, triple-cleaning certification where required, food-safety compliance (FDA, USDA, HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practice), and palletization and delivery to institutional distribution centers or meal-service locations.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast (Georgia), Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Texas, and Illinois. The State of Oregon Department of Corrections posted a bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, triple-cleaned, meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade, with delivery to the ODOC Central Distribution Center in Salem within 45 days of purchase order; bids were due June 19, 2026, and include a combined 10% evaluation preference for goods fabricated or processed in Oregon and bidders headquartered in Oregon. Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ for kidney beans in 880-bag increments with delivery due October 9, 2026, and pricing on an all-inclusive, FOB-destination basis. The State of Oregon also solicited dried black beans, triple-cleaned, with bids due August 21, 2026, for institutional use by state agencies or educational institutions. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued an RFP for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service covering beverages, paper goods, food products including proteins and dried beans, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items for approximately 400 children daily, with proposals due August 4, 2026, and a local-vendor preference within 5% of the lowest bid price. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five geographic areas; the response deadline was May 4, 2026 (extended via Addendum No. 2), and the contract term runs through August 31, 2027, with optional one-year renewals.