UNSPSC 50424703: Dried coco malanga

The variety of malanga known as coco malanga that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424703 Dried coco malanga, a Commodity code, does not map to the recent state and local procurement activity posted under it. The source contains no solicitations for dried coco malanga, coco, malanga, or related root vegetables. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code span broad food and nutrition procurement across school districts, corrections departments, and municipal nutrition programs—including fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria entrees, grocery staples, and meal service supplies. The mismatch between the Commodity code's nominal scope and the actual solicitations suggests either a data-entry error in how opportunities were tagged or that the code is used as a catchall for mixed food categories by some issuing bodies.

Recent activity under this code has centered on school nutrition contracts and institutional food service, with the mix of issuing bodies dominated by state education and corrections agencies alongside school districts in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for dried pinto and red beans totaling roughly 170,000 pounds across two separate solicitations (S2910000016233 due March 20, 2026, and S2910000017140 due June 19, 2026), with evaluation preferences for Oregon-fabricated goods and resident bidders. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) solicited a Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) spanning weekly deliveries to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens across a July 2026–June 2027 term. The City of Edinburg, Texas, requested proposals for CACFP meal program supplies (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) for 400 children daily, with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued an RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) with estimated annual spend of $5.5 million across two geographic areas, and a separate RFP for food supply and distribution services (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026) estimating $9 million annually. Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) both issued bids for grocery items and fresh produce in the April 2026 window. The code shows concentrated activity in school nutrition and corrections food service but little to no actual procurement of dried coco malanga or closely related products.