UNSPSC 50422500: Dried carrots

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

UNSPSC 50422500 Dried carrots, a Class code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity currently posted under it. Recent solicitations show the code is being applied to purchases of kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and general food and kitchen products for institutional use—prison commissaries, correctional dietary programs, child care meal services, and state agency food supply—rather than dried carrots specifically. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual solicitations suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that the code serves as a catch-all for dried legumes and institutional food provisioning more broadly.

State departments and correctional agencies dominate the recent activity. The Georgia Department of Corrections, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division), State of Illinois, and City of Edinburg, Texas, all posted opportunities between May and October 2026. Georgia Correctional Industries issued an RFQ for 880-bag increments of kidney beans due October 9, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a June 19, 2026 deadline and a 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-headquartered vendors; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued an IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five geographic warehouse locations, with the response deadline extended via addendum to May 4, 2026; and the City of Edinburg, Texas, sought food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children daily under RFP 2026-017, with local-vendor preference under Texas Government Code Section 271.9051. Activity clusters in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with secondary presence in Texas. The code shows no recent relevant activity; recommend close review of procurement-system coding practices before committing pursuit resources.