UNSPSC 50423904: Dried calabash gourds

The variety of gourds known as calabash gourds that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423904 Dried calabash gourds, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment with the recent state and local opportunities posted under it. The code's nominal scope — dried calabash gourds for decorative or culinary use — does not match the actual procurement activity being solicited; recent opportunities instead focus on institutional food procurement across multiple food categories, particularly dried beans, cafeteria staples, and child-care meal program supplies. State and local governments are using this code to solicit kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and broader food and kitchen products for correctional facilities, institutional meal services, and educational programs. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections (Oregon), state purchasing offices (Georgia), correctional industries divisions (Georgia), state food procurement divisions (Texas), state education and child-care meal program coordinators (Texas municipalities), and specialized procurement units within state government. The recent opportunities do not reflect calabash gourds or related specialty produce.

Geographic activity concentrates in Oregon, Georgia, and Texas, with additional solicitations from Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a June 19, 2026 response deadline; the State of Georgia's May 2026 IFB for food, supplies, and other kitchen products with a June 22, 2026 due date; the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items for TDCJ warehouse locations, extended to May 4, 2026; and the City of Edinburg, Texas's August 2026 RFP for child and adult care food program meal supplies with an August 11, 2026 response deadline. The code shows no recent activity actually aligned with dried calabash gourds; purchasers appear to have tagged dried-bean and institutional-food solicitations under this code, creating a meaningful mismatch between the code's nominal commodity and what state and local governments are buying today.