UNSPSC 50422301: Dried black cabbages

The type of vegetable known as black cabbage that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422301 Dried black cabbages is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—dried black cabbage as a discrete ingredient—does not align with the recent solicitations tagged under it. The opportunities recorded show instead a broad pattern of state and local governments sourcing general food supplies for institutional meal service: child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, school districts, and state agencies procuring proteins, grains, legumes, fresh produce, eggs, and dairy products as part of comprehensive food service contracts. The mismatch between the code definition (a single dried vegetable) and the actual work being bought suggests either miscoding of diverse food-supply RFPs or use of the code as a catch-all within procurement systems that do not parse food procurement with fine granularity. Issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois, Georgia, and Texas state agencies), county school districts (Muscogee County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham, Rockwood R-VI, Fairfax County Public Schools), city governments (City of Edinburg, Texas), and special-purpose districts. School districts dominate the recent activity, reflecting the scale and frequency of institutional food procurement tied to student meal programs.

Geographic concentration appears strongest in the Southeast and South, with Georgia (Muscogee County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham), Texas (City of Edinburg, Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), and Oregon (ODOC) representing the majority of recent solicitations; Illinois, Virginia (Fairfax County), and scattered additional states account for the remainder. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) seeking supplier service to 45 schools plus distribution kitchens with 76-item minimum bid requirement; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-27 (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 29, 2026) covering over 900 line items for approximately 6,900 daily lunch participants; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' Beans, Dried Pinto AND Red (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) for 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned legumes meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade with Oregon-fabricated and in-state bidder preferences totaling 10 percent. The actual buying activity reflects institutional procurement of commoditized food inputs rather than specialty dried cabbage sourcing.