UNSPSC 50423613: Dried verona endives

The variety of endives known as verona endives that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423613 Dried verona endives is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity matching its nominal scope. The code's abstract name—specific to a single vegetable variety—does not align with the actual work solicited in recent opportunities, which focus on broad-based grocery and food service supply across multiple product categories rather than specialty dried vegetables. The single opportunity most closely tagged to dried vegetables is the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S2910000017140, posted June 5, 2026, due June 19, 2026), but the bulk of recent state and local solicitations under or near this code address fresh produce, staple grocery items, cafeteria foods, and meal-program supply bundles serving schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs. This suggests that state and local procurement offices are either misclassifying dried-vegetable purchases under broader grocery UNSPSC codes or that dried verona endives specifically are rarely purchased through formal procurement channels at the state and local level.

Issuers pursuing food-service supply across the recent opportunities include state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), state departments and divisions (Illinois, Georgia), county and municipal school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood, Douglas County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County systems in Georgia and Missouri), and local cities and municipalities (Edinburg, Texas; St. Louis County, Missouri). Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon, Missouri, Virginia, and Illinois. The opportunities show school districts as the most active buyer segment, driven by USDA child nutrition program requirements, followed by state corrections departments purchasing bulk staple items. Competitive intensity is high across representative opportunities: Fairfax County's Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) required bidders to supply minimum 76 line items; Rockwood R-VI's Child Nutrition Services (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 29, 2026) encompassed over 900 line items; and the Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution RFP (PE64810NONST2026000000046, due February 18, 2026) valued estimated annual spend at approximately $9 million. None of these opportunities mention dried verona endives or specialty dried vegetables as discrete line items.