UNSPSC 50424503: Dried green lentils

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

UNSPSC 50424503 Dried green lentils is a Commodity code. State and local governments solicit under this code primarily for institutional food service—correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agency warehouses sourcing bulk dried legumes for large-scale meal preparation. The recent opportunities block shows solicitations for dried kidney beans, black beans, and pinto and red beans; all specify triple-cleaned product meeting USDA or U.S. No. 2 grade standards, moisture-content limits, and foreign-material thresholds, with delivery in bulk quantities (880-bag increments, 42,500 pounds, or comparable volumes) for immediate institutional use. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Georgia, Oregon, Texas), state procurement offices acting for criminal-justice agencies, city meal programs serving children through federal CACFP funding, and county-level institutional food services. These are primarily IFB and RFQ solicitations with relatively short bid windows (7 to 17 days), full-inclusion pricing covering all freight and fuel surcharges, and FOB destination delivery to central distribution points or program sites.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-processed and Oregon-headquartered suppliers; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Texas Comptroller) issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic Texas warehouse locations with an extended response date of May 4, 2026; Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ for kidney beans with delivery in 880-bag increments due October 9, 2026; and the City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited CACFP meal-program supplies including food and nonfood items due August 4, 2026 under a local-vendor preference allowing 5% bid-price tolerance for Edinburg-based suppliers. The State of Oregon also posted a separate bid for dried black beans (triple-cleaned, USDA-consistent grading) due August 21, 2026. All solicitations emphasize product certification, compliance with FDA and USDA standards, pallet specifications where required, and minimum shelf-life requirements. Incumbent pricing and historical volume data appear in Oregon procurement records ($0.493 per pound for pinto and red beans as of August 2025 from Intersect USA); no contract values or budgets are disclosed for most opportunities.