UNSPSC 50423102: Dried common chives

The variety of chives known as chives that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423102 Dried common chives is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line within culinary dried herbs and spices. State and local governments rarely purchase this item in isolation; when dried chives appear in recent solicitations, they surface as line items within much broader food procurement categories spanning proteins, produce, dairy, and staple ingredients for institutional food service. The City of Edinburg, Texas, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and multiple school districts across Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia all issue food service RFPs and IFBs that implicitly encompass dried seasonings and spice ingredients as components of meal preparation, though dried chives are not explicitly called out as standalone line items in the available solicitation summaries. Issuing bodies for food procurement under this code tier include state corrections departments, school districts of varying sizes (from mid-sized systems like Rockwood R-VI and Muscogee County to large urban systems like Fairfax County Public Schools and Savannah-Chatham County), municipal child care food program operators (City of Edinburg), and state purchasing divisions acting on behalf of multiple agencies or warehouses.

Recent activity shows concentrated food service procurement across Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia from February through July 2026, but dried chives does not surface as a standalone or emphasized line item in any posted opportunity. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans in March 2026 and 42,500 additional pounds in June 2026, both ITBs with responses due March 20 and June 19 respectively, indicating that bulk dried staple goods do move through state corrections purchasing. School districts including Fairfax County (IFB 2000004323, response deadline April 27, 2026), Rockwood R-VI (RFP response April 29, 2026), Muscogee County (ITB 26-017, response April 27, 2026), and Savannah-Chatham County (Bid 26-34, response April 23, 2026) all issued K-12 grocery and produce contracts encompassing hundreds of line items. The code shows no current standalone or primary procurement activity; dried chives appear only as an embedded ingredient category within much larger food service contracts, making direct pursuit at the commodity level impractical without visibility into line-item detail within broader RFPs and IFBs.