UNSPSC 50422802: Dried fordhook giant chard

The variety of chard known as fordhook giant chard that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422802 Dried Fordhook Giant Chard, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh and dried leafy vegetables supplied to state and local K–12 school districts, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs. Recent state and local opportunities show limited direct solicitation for dried fordhook giant chard specifically; instead, issuing bodies procure broader dried-vegetable and fresh-produce categories as part of larger food-service supply contracts. The City of Edinburg, Texas, the Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Fairfax County Public Schools, and the Douglas County School System all solicit produce and grocery items under RFPs and IFBs that reference vegetables and greens as line items within multi-category food-supply contracts. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted separate ITBs for dried beans (pinto and red varieties), indicating that institutional purchasers do segment dried-commodity procurement distinctly from fresh produce but bundle them within meal-supply ecosystems. Issuing bodies span K–12 school districts of varying size (from 6,900 to approximately 25,500 students), county correction departments, and municipal child-nutrition programs; school districts dominate the recent activity.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast and Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon and Missouri. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal items (including vegetables) with response due August 4, 2026, requiring daily deliveries to serve 400 children ages 1–18 and applying a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The Muscogee County School District solicited fresh produce under ITB 26-017 (response due April 27, 2026, contract period August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027), and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System posted Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce items (response due April 23, 2026, with contract commencing July 1, 2026). The Douglas County School System in Georgia coordinated multi-district procurement through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts (RFP SN 26-004, response due March 4, 2026, estimated spend $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two). The Oregon Department of Corrections bid dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, response due March 20, 2026, 127,500 pounds) and separately posted an additional dried-bean procurement (IFB S2910000017140, response due June 19, 2026, 42,500 pounds) with Oregon fabrication and residency preferences of 5 percent each. Activity remains concentrated in school-district meal programs and corrections nutrition services rather than in standalone dried-chard procurement.