UNSPSC 50423908: Dried snake gourd

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

UNSPSC 50423908 Dried snake gourd is a Commodity code that sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific dried vegetable product, yet the recent opportunities tagged to it reflect broad food service procurement — school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care operations seeking diverse grocery staples, fresh produce, proteins, and prepared entrees rather than dried snake gourd specifically. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either tagging inconsistency or that dried snake gourd, if purchased at all, represents an immaterial line item within larger food service contracts.

The issuing bodies span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI and Douglas County School System in Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Muscogee County School District in Georgia), state procurement offices (Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Oregon Department of Corrections; State of Illinois; State of Georgia), and municipal child care programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas, with opportunities posted from February through July 2026. Representative recent solicitations include the Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 (IFB, bids due April 29, 2026), spanning over 900 line items across snacks, produce, dairy, meats, and prepared entrees; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF, extended to May 4, 2026), encompassing 382 line items across proteins, dairy, grains, and staples for distribution to multiple warehouse locations; and the Douglas County School System's Fresh Produce and Eggs RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026), serving 30 districts across Georgia with approximately $4.4 million estimated annual spending for Area One. The code's thin connection to the actual solicitations makes it an unreliable procurement target without stronger evidence of dried snake gourd as a line item in current state and local food service contracts.