UNSPSC 50422503: Dried berlicum carrots

The variety of carrots known as berlicum carrots that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422503 Dried berlicum carrots (Commodity) captures dried, packaged carrot products that state and local governments procure as shelf-stable ingredients for institutional food service—primarily school districts, correctional facilities, and child nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show this code applied inconsistently: while the Oregon Department of Corrections and several state procurement notices reference dried legumes (pinto beans, dried beans) and fresh produce procurement under related codes, the single representative opportunity mapped directly to 50422503 involves the City of Edinburg, Texas procuring food and nonfood items for a CACFP meal program serving approximately 400 children daily, with vegetables as one of five supply categories. The code sits at the intersection of institutional bulk food purchasing and commodity-grade dried produce, where competitive pricing, delivery logistics, and USDA/FDA compliance drive vendor selection.

Activity under dried berlicum carrots remains sparse and geographically diffuse. The Edinburg CACFP RFP (RFP2026017, due August 4, 2026) represents the most recent state-local opportunity explicitly indexed to this code, structured as a 9-month contract for daily Monday-to-Friday deliveries with meals expanding as enrollment grows. No incumbent vendor or historical pricing is named. Recent procurement across related dried-produce and fresh-vegetable codes—including Oregon Department of Corrections bids for dried pinto and red beans (42,500 pounds, due June 19, 2026), Muscogee County School District fresh produce procurement (due April 27, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026), and Rockwood School District grocery items serving 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants (due April 29, 2026)—shows that state and local food service procurement clusters in school districts and correctional facilities across Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon. Dried berlicum carrots specifically attract minimal recent posting volume; vendors should monitor school-district and state-nutrition RFPs rather than expect frequent standalone dried-vegetable solicitations at the commodity level.