UNSPSC 50423603: Dried catalogna di galatina endives

The variety of endives known as catalogna di galatina endives that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423603 Dried catalogna di galatina endives is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialty dried vegetables, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show little alignment with that narrow product name. Instead, the code sees activity across general institutional dried-bean procurement — kidney beans, black beans, and pinto/red beans — serving correctional facilities, state agencies, school districts, and child-care food programs. The work involves bulk commodity purchasing with strict USDA grading, food-safety compliance, triple-cleaning specifications, moisture limits, foreign-material thresholds, and all-inclusive pricing that incorporates delivery, fuel surcharges, and handling. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments, state purchasing offices acting on behalf of multiple agencies, city governments managing child-care meal programs, and state education or institutional food-service units. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division), and the City of Edinburg, Texas, appear as active buyers. Electronic bid submission is standard; specification sheets must be completed without shortcuts such as "comply," checkmarks, or ditto marks. Delivery increments, pallet specifications, shelf-life minimums, and compliance certifications (FDA, USDA, HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practice) are common contractual requirements.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with Georgia and Oregon posting multiple solicitations and Texas also active. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with bids due June 19, 2026, offering a combined 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-headquartered bidders and FOB destination delivery to Salem, Oregon within 45 days; the historical purchase price was $0.493 per pound. Georgia Correctional Industries issued RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027 for kidney beans in increments of 880 bags with electronic responses due October 9, 2026, requiring all-inclusive delivery pricing. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning roughly 382 line items across five geographic Texas distribution areas with an extended response deadline of May 4, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal-program food and nonfood supplies serving approximately 400 children, with a local-vendor preference under Texas law, proposals due August 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM. The State of Oregon also solicited dried black beans, triple-cleaned, with bids due August 21, 2026 for institutional use.