UNSPSC 50424508: Dried tarahumara pinks lentils

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

UNSPSC 50424508 Dried tarahumara pinks lentils is a Commodity code covering legume products for institutional food service. Recent state and local procurement activity shows little direct demand for this specific dried lentil variety; instead, the code appears to have been applied to a broader set of dried bean and legume procurement spanning institutional meal programs across corrections, schools, and child nutrition services. The actual buying activity under related commodity codes in this family centers on dried pinto beans, dried red beans, and fresh produce for school nutrition, child care meal programs, and state department of corrections food service. Issuing bodies soliciting food commodities include state departments of corrections in Oregon and Illinois, school districts of varying sizes across Texas, Missouri, Georgia, and Virginia (including large systems like Fairfax County Public Schools and Rockwood R-VI School District), county school systems, and municipal child care programs. The City of Edinburg, Texas, and multiple Georgia school districts (Douglas County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County) appear as repeat buyers. State departments and purchasing cooperatives like the Georgia Educational Consortium also manage multi-district procurement vehicles for food supply.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Southwest, with the most recent solicitations originating in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans totaling over 170,000 pounds in March and June 2026, with responses due in mid-to-late June and March respectively. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, solicited cafeteria food products via IFB 304T-26-300CF with an extended response deadline of May 4, 2026, covering 382 line items across five geographic warehouse areas with estimated annual usage-based quantities. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) issued IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with an April 27, 2026 response deadline. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted RFP 2026017 for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal supplies serving 400 children daily with responses due August 4, 2026, incorporating a Texas local-vendor preference under Government Code Section 271.9051. School districts in Georgia and Missouri regularly solicit produce and grocery items through sealed-bid and RFP processes, with response windows spanning March through May for July-start contract years. No activity is reported under the specific code name "dried tarahumara pinks lentils"; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and current procurement demand suggests this commodity experiences minimal recent solicitation activity in state and local markets.