UNSPSC 50422806: Dried swiss chard

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

UNSPSC 50422806 Dried Swiss chard, a Commodity code, captures a narrow product category that state and local governments purchase primarily through school nutrition and correctional facility food service programs. Recent solicitations show dried chard appearing incidentally within broader fresh-produce and grocery-staple procurements rather than as a standalone line item; the code does not surface dedicated solicitations for dried swiss chard alone. State and local buyers—school districts, state corrections departments, and child nutrition programs—source dried chard as part of aggregated produce, vegetable, and meal-supply contracts that span dozens or hundreds of line items. The work involves specification-driven food procurement with strict compliance requirements (USDA grading, HACCP, FDA standards, nutritional labeling, shelf-life certification), weekly or regular delivery schedules, and firm fixed pricing over multi-year terms.

Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in Georgia school districts and the Oregon and Texas corrections systems. The Oregon Department of Corrections has issued multiple ITBs for dried pinto and red beans (closely analogous staple legumes) with response deadlines in June and March 2026, establishing a pattern of correctional procurement for dried commodity items. Georgia school districts—including Douglas County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County—have posted RFPs and ITBs for fresh-produce contracts spanning multiple line items and serving 30-plus districts through cooperative-purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative, with estimated annual expenditures ranging from $1.1 million to $9 million. Texas school districts (Rockwood R-VI, Fairfax County) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statewide Procurement Division (on behalf of TDCJ) have solicited grocery and cafeteria food products via IFB with response dates in April and May 2026, encompassing hundreds of line items. Dried swiss chard does not appear as a named item in any of the available solicitation summaries; pursuit of this code should assume opportunities embedded within larger food-service contracts rather than standalone tenders, and should monitor Georgia and Texas school-district and state-corrections procurement channels for produce and staple-foods RFPs and IFBs.