UNSPSC 50423303: Dried watercress

The variety of cresses known as watercress that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423303 Dried watercress is a Commodity code that sees virtually no recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains no recent opportunities directly soliciting dried watercress; the 15 posted solicitations tagged to this code are instead buying broader food-service supplies—fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria staples, and grocery items for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child nutrition services. The code name and actual buying patterns show a significant mismatch. State and local bodies purchasing food supplies do not isolate dried watercress as a line item; when they source specialty vegetables or dried goods, those items appear embedded in larger grocery or produce contracts with dozens or hundreds of line items specified by the buying entity's nutritional and operational requirements rather than by the UNSPSC taxonomy.

The issuing bodies in the dataset are school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI and Muscogee County in Missouri and Georgia, Savannah-Chatham in Georgia, and Douglas County in Georgia), state correctional or nutrition agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois state food services, Georgia state procurement), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Tennessee regions) and in Texas and the Pacific Northwest, with school district procurement dominating the mix. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for cafeteria food products across 382 line items (due May 4, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB for Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026)—all RFPs or IFBs with firm-fixed pricing and multi-month or annual contract terms. The code as currently tagged does not represent a viable procurement category; buyers purchasing dried vegetables or watercress source them as part of broader food contracts, not as standalone commodity acquisitions.