UNSPSC 50422907: Dried salad king chicory

The variety of chicory known as salad king chicory that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422907 Dried salad king chicory, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The available opportunities tagged to this code show material misalignment with its nominal scope — the opportunities instead cover broad food supply categories (cafeteria products, school nutrition, corrections facility meals, and child care meals) that encompass proteins, grains, produce, dairy, beverages, and staple items rather than the specific dried chicory product the code describes. The single Illinois ITB references only "weekly food order" without detail, and the remaining records are major school district, state corrections, and municipal food-service solicitations that do not isolate or prioritize dried salad king chicory as a line item.

State and local procurement activity in this commodity space concentrates among school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI and Muscogee County in Missouri and Georgia respectively; Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia; and Douglas County in Georgia), state corrections and institutional-food buyers (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois IVHQ), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). These buyers pursue RFPs and ITBs for broad grocery supply contracts—typically 900+ line items spanning produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and supplies—rather than targeted purchases of specialty dried vegetables. Geographic activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (response due March 20, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB for 76+ food items across 52 school locations (response due April 27, 2026), and the Douglas County School System RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts with estimated spending of $5.5 million annually (response due March 4, 2026). The code appears to see limited or no standalone procurement activity, and vendors should verify whether opportunities nominally tagged to this code actually require dried salad king chicory as a specified line item before pursuing.