UNSPSC 50423516: Dried short tom eggplants

The variety of eggplants known as short tom eggplants that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423516 Dried short tom eggplants is a Commodity code that sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominal name does not match the work actually being solicited under recent opportunities tagged with this code. Recent state and local opportunities posted under UNSPSC 50423516 include broad food service and grocery procurement—cafeteria food products, fresh produce, beans, dairy items, proteins, and related supplies for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care services—rather than the specific dried eggplant product the code nominally describes. The issuing bodies span multiple jurisdictions: school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), and municipal bodies (City of Edinburg, Texas). School districts represent the largest share of recent solicitors, with five separate opportunities posted between March and April 2026.

Geographic activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statewide Procurement Division's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse locations (response deadline May 4, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 serving 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (response deadline April 27, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00016233 for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (response deadline March 20, 2026). The code shows activity in both narrow commodity procurement (single product lines like dried beans) and broad grocery bundles covering proteins, grains, produce, dairy, and supplies. Recent school nutrition solicitations emphasize firm fixed pricing, compliance with USDA and nutrition standards, and weekly or daily delivery schedules to multiple locations. The code's nominal scope (dried short tom eggplants) does not align with the actual procurement activity being tagged under it, suggesting potential classification misalignment in the source data rather than a meaningful market signal for this specific dried vegetable product.