UNSPSC 50423403: Dried athene cucumbers

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

UNSPSC 50423403 Dried athene cucumbers, a Commodity code, encompasses dried legume and vegetable products purchased by state and local food-service operations, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct procurement under this specific code. The code appears misaligned with actual recent buying activity; while the source documents fourteen recent state and local food-service solicitations spanning school districts, departments of corrections, and municipal child nutrition programs posted between January and July 2026, only one procurement — the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 bid for dried pinto beans (ITB S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026) — closely matches the dried-legume commodity scope. The remaining opportunities target fresh produce, main-line grocery distributions, cafeteria food products, and packaged meal components for K-12 child nutrition services, school food-service programs, correctional facilities, and child care meal programs. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), state procurement divisions (Texas Comptroller's office on behalf of TDCJ, Georgia, Illinois), county and city school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Rockwood R-VI, Missouri; Muscogee County, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County, Georgia; Douglas County, Georgia), municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and purchasing cooperatives (GEC Cooperative serving Georgia school districts). No repeat buyers emerge under this specific commodity code in the recent window.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia. Representative opportunities illustrating the broader food-service purchasing landscape include the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' May 2026 IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products supplying TDCJ distribution points (due May 4, 2026; 382 line items including proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and condiments); Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026; weekly grocery delivery to 45 schools); and the Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution services serving 32 schools with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (due February 18, 2026). The Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 dried pinto beans bid (approximately 127,500 pounds, ITB S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026) and its June 2026 follow-on procurement for dried pinto and red beans (approximately 42,500 pounds, IFB S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) represent the closest alignment with the dried-legume scope. The code shows limited direct procurement activity and warrants investigation into whether issuing bodies are tagging these opportunities correctly or whether purchasing under this commodity occurs through broader cooperative agreements or master grocery contracts not surfaced in recent individual solicitations.