UNSPSC 50423004: Dried choy sum

The variety of chinese cabbage known as choy sum that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423004 Dried choy sum is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to procure dried legume and vegetable products for institutional food service, primarily beans and related bulk dried-goods items for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies. The recent solicitations show that state and local buyers are actually purchasing dried kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and other dried protein staples—not specifically choy sum—in large institutional volumes for inmate meals, child-care food programs, and agency dining operations. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state purchasing offices, cities managing child-and-adult-care food programs, and state agencies procuring for multiple institutional locations. The code does not show a single dominant issuer; activity appears distributed across corrections departments, city food-service operations, and state central purchasing functions.

Recent activity spans Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited bids for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (IFB S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026, with a combined 10% Oregon-fabrication and headquarters preference); Georgia Correctional Industries requested kidney beans in 880-bag increments (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026); the City of Edinburg, Texas, issued an RFP for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal-supply contract encompassing proteins, dairy, paper goods, and beverages (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor preference); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procured approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse regions via IFB 304T26300CF (due May 4, 2026, after addendum extension). Specifications consistently require USDA grading compliance, triple-cleaned product, FOB destination delivery to institutional warehouses or distribution centers, and all-inclusive pricing with no separate freight charges. The code shows steady institutional-procurement activity but no specialized choy sum sourcing in the recent record.