UNSPSC 50422708: Dried golden self-blanching celery

The variety of celery known as golden self-blanching celery that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422708 Dried golden self-blanching celery is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it do not align with the celery specified in the code name. Instead, the opportunities solicited reflect institutional food procurement across dried beans, cafeteria products, and child nutrition meal programs—a broader institutional-food category than the code's nominal scope. Georgia Correctional Industries, the State of Oregon, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are procuring dried beans (kidney, black, pinto, and red varieties), fresh and frozen proteins, dairy, canned and fresh produce, and meal-service supplies for correctional facilities, state agencies, and school-based child nutrition programs. These buyers source through RFQ and IFB notices, with specifications emphasizing USDA grading standards, triple-cleaned product, bulk packaging suitable for institutional cooking, food-safety compliance (FDA, HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practice), and palletized or carton delivery to central distribution points.

Activity spans Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois, with the most recent and detailed opportunities posted in May and June 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026) carried a 10% evaluation preference for in-state fabrication and headquarters, with a historical purchase price of $0.493 per pound; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for cafeteria food products across approximately 382 line items (due May 4, 2026, extended via Addendum No. 2) covered proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and produce delivered to six TDCJ distribution points on FOB Destination terms. The City of Edinburg, Texas, RFP for Child and Adult Care Food Program supplies (due August 4, 2026) applied a 5% local-vendor price preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 for beverages, paper goods, proteins, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items serving approximately 400 children daily. Georgia Correctional Industries' RFQ for kidney beans (due October 9, 2026) required all-inclusive bid pricing with 880-bag delivery increments and strict specification-form compliance. The code shows active institutional procurement but mismatched to its nominal commodity—dried beans dominate the actual recent activity, not celery.