UNSPSC 50423907: Dried smooth loofah

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

UNSPSC 50423907 Dried smooth loofah, a Commodity code, nominally covers loofah sponges and similar natural exfoliating products, but the recent state and local solicitations posted under this code show no alignment with loofah procurement. Instead, the opportunities reflect institutional food procurement — dried beans, cafeteria staples, CACFP meal program supplies, and institutional kitchen products — suggesting either a taxonomic misclassification in the issuing bodies' systems or dormant loofah-specific activity. State agencies and correctional departments dominate the issuing bodies, with Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice posting the most recent bids. The scope of work actually being bought comprises bulk dried legumes (kidney beans, pinto beans, red beans, black beans) for correctional facilities and state institutional kitchens, along with comprehensive food and nonfood supply packages supporting child care meal programs and detention facility cafeterias — work fundamentally unrelated to the code's nominal commodity.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with Georgia, Oregon, and Texas representing the largest recent volume of solicitations. Georgia Correctional Industries posted an IFB for kidney beans due October 9, 2026, in 880-bag increments with all-inclusive delivery pricing; the Oregon Department of Corrections issued an IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with 10% combined evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered bidders and historical pricing at $0.493 per pound; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, released IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five geographic distribution points, with the response deadline extended to May 4, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas, also posted RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supplies serving approximately 400 children ages 1–18 daily, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 and proposals due August 4, 2026. This code shows no recent relevant activity; the opportunities posted under it represent a sourcing or classification error rather than active loofah procurement.