UNSPSC 50423009: Dried nerva bok choy

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

UNSPSC 50423009 Dried nerva bok choy is a Commodity code that sees minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific dried vegetable product, but the recent opportunities tagged under it—including child nutrition meal programs, cafeteria food procurement for correctional facilities, school nutrition fresh produce contracts, and general grocery supply for public agencies—do not actually solicit dried bok choy. These solicitations span broad food categories (proteins, produce, dairy, grains, beverages, condiments) without evidence of dried Asian vegetables as a line item or procurement priority. The issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia Department of Corrections, Illinois), a city government (City of Edinburg, Texas), and county offices (Muscogee County). Geographic spread covers Texas, Virginia, Missouri, Georgia, Oregon, and Illinois.

The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity scope and the broad food procurement activity assigned to it suggests either miscoding in state and local procurement systems or incidental tagging that does not reflect actual buying intent for dried bok choy. Representative opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) covering 76-plus line items delivered to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services grocery procurement (due April 29, 2026) spanning over 900 line items for the 2026–27 school year; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for a main-line food service distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily with an estimated annual expenditure of $9 million. No solicitation explicitly identifies dried bok choy as a required or available product, and no vendor appears to be competing specifically for this commodity under the code.