UNSPSC 50422712: Dried lathom self-blanching celery

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

UNSPSC 50422712 Dried lathom self-blanching celery, a Commodity code, does not map to the state and local procurement activity in the source records. The recent opportunities tagged under this code involve broad food supply contracts for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care providers—encompassing proteins, grains, fresh produce, dairy products, and other staple items—rather than the specific dried celery product the code names. The mismatch suggests the code was applied incorrectly to these solicitations or that the state and local procurement system does not distinguish dried celery as a discrete line item in general food supply contracts.

The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI, Muscogee County, Douglas County, and Savannah-Chatham County districts in Georgia and Missouri; SCCPSS in Georgia), a state agency (Oregon Department of Corrections), municipal entities (City of Edinburg, Texas), a statewide procurement division (Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ), and a state nutrition program (Illinois IVHQ). School districts dominate the recent solicitations, with contracts ranging from $1.1 million to $9 million annually. Geographic activity clusters in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse locations (response deadline May 4, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 across 45 schools and distribution kitchens (response deadline April 27, 2026); the Rockwood R-VI School District's RFP for 900+ line items in child nutrition services (response deadline April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS electronic submission); Muscogee County School District's ITB 26-017 for fresh produce (response deadline April 27, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (response deadline March 20, 2026). Because the code's nominal scope—dried celery—does not align with the solicited work, the code shows no reliable market signal for dried celery procurement at the state and local level in this dataset.