UNSPSC 50424502: Dried french green lentils

The variety of lentils known as french green lentils that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424502 Dried french green lentils is a Commodity code that captures specialty dried legumes procured by state and local agencies for food service operations. Recent state and local solicitations reveal that governments purchase dried beans and lentils primarily as ingredient staples for institutional meal programs—school districts, correctional facilities, child nutrition centers, and other public food service operations. The code sits within broader dried-goods procurement, though the recent opportunities do not show dedicated solicitations for dried french green lentils specifically. Instead, state and local buyers issue solicitations for dried pinto and red beans, fresh produce, cafeteria food products, and comprehensive grocery supply contracts that include dried legumes as line items within larger food service portfolios. School districts represent the largest issuing-body segment, with multiple districts soliciting grocery supply and produce contracts that encompass dried goods; state corrections departments also procure dried beans in substantial volumes. State departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas) and state school-nutrition cooperative purchasing vehicles (Georgia's Douglas County School System via GEC Buying Cooperative) appear as repeat buyers, alongside city and county school districts in Texas, Missouri, Georgia, and Virginia.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Southwest, with documented recent opportunities from Texas (City of Edinburg CACFP program, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Georgia (State of Georgia food supplies, Muscogee County and Savannah-Chatham school systems), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools). The Illinois state procurement (FY-27 IVHQ weekly food order) shows Midwest activity. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016233 for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans with a March 20, 2026 deadline, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF (extended to May 4, 2026) spanning approximately 382 food line items including grains and staples across five TDCJ warehouse areas, and the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services bid (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 29, 2026) for over 900 grocery line items to serve approximately 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily. No solicitations in the recent block request dried french green lentils by name; the code shows modest recent activity under this specific commodity designation.