UNSPSC 50423904: Dried calabash gourds

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

UNSPSC 50423904 Dried calabash gourds is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code do not center on dried calabash gourds; instead, they span general food procurement for schools, corrections departments, and child nutrition programs. The City of Edinburg, Texas, for example, issued RFP 2026017 on July 16, 2026, for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service requesting beverages, paper goods, proteins, cheese, breads, fruits, vegetables, snacks, and janitorial supplies—a broad grocery solicitation with responses due August 4, 2026. Similarly, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division solicited cafeteria food products (IFB 304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026) encompassing beef, chicken, dairy, grains, and canned vegetables across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued separate bids for dried pinto and red beans (ITB S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) and dried pinto beans alone (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026), with the latter requesting 127,500 pounds to meet USDA No. 2 or better standards.

The issuing bodies are predominantly state agencies and school districts. Recent solicitors include the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (on behalf of TDCJ), state departments in Illinois and Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and the City of Edinburg (Texas). School districts across Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Virginia dominate the activity, reflecting routine K-12 child nutrition and institutional food service procurement. Geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon, with scattered activity in Illinois. The code's recent opportunity record does not establish a coherent signal for dried calabash gourds specifically—state and local procurement offices appear to tag broader food-supply solicitations under this code without regard to its narrow commodity definition, signaling either a data-entry error in the state and local systems or a mismatch between how the code is used in practice and its intended taxonomy placement.