UNSPSC 50423413: Dried karela cucumbers

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

UNSPSC 50423413 Dried karela cucumbers is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this designation does not align with the code's nominal scope. The opportunities posted in the most recent block — kidney beans (Georgia Correctional Industries), black beans (Oregon Department of Corrections), pinto and red beans (Oregon Department of Corrections), CACFP meal programs combining multiple food categories (City of Edinburg, Texas), and broader cafeteria food products (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) — are dried legumes and institutional food service supplies rather than karela cucumbers specifically. State and local buyers are using this code tag to solicit dried beans and composite food procurement for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and institutional kitchens, but the code name does not reflect the actual commodity being purchased. The issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, state purchasing divisions, city governments administering child and adult care food programs, and state educational food service operations.

Activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Texas, with secondary activity in Georgia and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple bean solicitations under this code in the past six months, most recently a bid for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017705, due June 19, 2026) with 10% Oregon-origin preference applied. Georgia Correctional Industries solicited kidney beans (92100ERFQ0020612027, IFB, due October 9, 2026) in 880-bag increments, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's office, issued a comprehensive IFB (304T26300CF) for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products including dried legumes and staples to supply multiple warehouse locations across five regions (extended response deadline May 4, 2026). The code shows consistent procurement velocity for bulk dried legumes and institutional meal-service items through state correctional and education systems, but the mismatch between the code name and actual commodity suggests either a tagging error in state procurement systems or that the code has been repurposed in practice for dried-bean and institutional-food procurement.