UNSPSC 50422709: Dried greensleeves celery

The variety of celery known as greensleeves celery that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422709 Dried greensleeves celery, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within state and local food service procurement, though recent opportunities indexed to this code show minimal direct alignment with the nominal scope. Recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code predominantly cover broad food service categories — cafeteria supplies, school nutrition programs, corrections facility meals, and child care food services — rather than dried celery products specifically. The issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office, Illinois state food operations, Georgia state purchasing), county and municipal school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Muscogee County School District in Georgia; Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri; Douglas County School System in Georgia), and municipal agencies (City of Edinburg, Texas for its Child and Adult Care Food Program). The work being solicited under this code's recent posting includes full meal programs, grocery staples, fresh produce, dried beans and legumes, cafeteria entrees, dairy, proteins, and comprehensive food supply contracts rather than a single dried vegetable commodity.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Oregon, Illinois, and Missouri, with the most recent opportunities originating from Texas (Edinburg CACFP meal program due August 4, 2026, and TDCJ cafeteria food products extended to May 4, 2026), Oregon (ODOC dried beans at $0.493 per pound historical pricing, 127,500 pounds requested), Georgia (fresh produce and eggs RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative for 30 school districts serving approximately $4.4 million to $1.1 million by area; separate fresh produce ITBs from state purchasing and Muscogee County; Douglas County food supply RFP for approximately $9 million annually), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 contract for 45 schools plus distribution kitchens, July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027). The code's indexing appears to reflect a data-classification mismatch rather than genuine market demand for dried celery specifically; state and local buyers under this code are actively procuring commodity food supplies at scale, but dried greensleeves celery does not appear in the representative recent solicitations.