UNSPSC 50423247: Dried platinum lady corn

The variety of corn known as platinum lady corn that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423247 Dried platinum lady corn is a Commodity code that covers institutional dried bean and legume procurement, though recent state and local solicitations show little activity specifically for the nominal commodity and instead reflect purchasing for dried beans and legumes broadly — kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and red beans — sourced for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and other state institutional food service operations. State and local buyers under this code include state departments of corrections, state purchasing offices procuring on behalf of institutional agencies, city governments operating child and adult care food programs, and school districts. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appear as repeat institutional buyers in recent solicitations. Work ranges from smaller targeted procurements (880 bags of kidney beans) to bulk annual supplies (42,500 pounds of dried beans in multiple varieties for a single state correctional system), with all buyers specifying USDA grading standards, triple-cleaned product, specific moisture and contamination thresholds, palletized delivery formats, and compliance with FDA and HACCP requirements for institutional meal preparation.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued bids for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026) and the State of Oregon for dried black beans (due August 21, 2026); Georgia Correctional Industries solicited 880 bags of kidney beans (due October 9, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued a broad cafeteria food products IFB covering multiple dried bean line items across five geographic warehouse regions (extended to May 4, 2026). The City of Edinburg, Texas, requested food and nonfood items supporting a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service (due August 4, 2026). The State of Illinois also solicited quarterly weekly food orders under FY-27 IVHQ (due June 26, 2026), though scope detail was not fully specified. Oregon applies a combined 10 percent evaluation preference (5 percent for goods fabricated or processed in Oregon, 5 percent for Oregon-headquartered bidders), and Texas cities use local-vendor preferences under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. Responses are typically submitted electronically through state procurement portals or directly to issuing offices, with firm all-inclusive pricing required and no separate freight reimbursement permitted.