UNSPSC 50422711: Dried ivory tower celery

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

UNSPSC 50422711 Dried ivory tower celery is a Commodity code that in practice covers dried legumes and bulk food staples for institutional meal programs and correctional facilities, not the celery product the code name suggests. State and local governments soliciting under this code are procuring dried beans, pinto beans, black beans, kidney beans, and related dried proteins in bulk quantities for prison food services, school meal programs, and state agency cafeteria operations. The issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state purchasing offices, city governments, and school districts operating child and adult care food programs. Procurement activity shows no set-asides or restrictions limiting responses to disadvantaged enterprises, though some jurisdictions apply local-vendor preferences or Oregon-origin preferences when evaluating bids.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a bid on June 5, 2026 for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (triple-cleaned, U.S. No. 2 or better grade) due June 19, 2026 through OregonBuys, with a historical price benchmark of $0.493 per pound from August 2025. Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ on October 2, 2026 for kidney beans in 880-bag increments due October 9, 2026, requiring all-inclusive delivery pricing with no separate freight reimbursement. The State of Oregon issued a concurrent bid for dried black beans, triple-cleaned, due August 21, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas solicited an RFP on August 11, 2026 for CACFP meal program supplies including food and nonfood items serving approximately 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 and cost weighted at 30 percent of evaluation criteria. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning approximately 382 line items (proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, beverages) across five Texas distribution areas, with responses extended to May 4, 2026 via Addendum No. 2 and a 1.5 percent SmartBuy administrative fee applied to all purchases.