UNSPSC 50424122: Dried salsify

The variety of herbs known as salsify that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424122 Dried salsify is a Commodity code that nominally names a single dried vegetable product, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect meaningful solicitation of dried salsify as a standalone item. Instead, the code appears in broader food-service procurement notices where it tags general shelf-stable and fresh food inventories for institutional feeding programs—including canned vegetables, frozen produce, fresh proteins, dairy, grains, and condiments supplied to state health and human services facilities, county departments, correctional institutions, and food assistance programs. The issuing bodies are exclusively state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois, State of Georgia) and county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Georgia). These are large-scale, recurring food-service contracts with firm, fixed unit pricing, strict specification and delivery compliance requirements, and multi-year terms with renewal and extension options. Vendors typically must bid on 90 to 95 percent of line items to remain responsive, deliver on tight schedules (often within 72 hours of order or on specified appointment windows), and absorb additional costs including overtime, handling, and investigation expenses when deliverables fall short of contractual standards.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued three separate IFBs in mid-2026 for state-supported living centers and state hospitals (HHS0017799 due August 25, 2026; HHS0017798 due August 25, 2026; HHS0017449 due July 13, 2026; and HHS0016792V2 due March 19, 2026 with a potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years), while the Texas Comptroller issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products to Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouses across five geographic regions (due May 4, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for community services (due October 19, 2026, with delivery to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia), and the State of Georgia posted PE55645NONST2026000000009 for food, supplies, and kitchen products (due June 22, 2026). The State of Illinois also solicited quarterly food orders under FY-27 IVHQ (due June 26, 2026). The code shows no material activity under the narrower dried-salsify commodity definition; bid activity is driven by institutional food-service demand rather than procurement of a specific vegetable product.