UNSPSC 50424808: Dried hen of the woods mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as hen of the woods mushrooms that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424808 Dried hen of the woods mushrooms is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it do not align with mushrooms; instead, they reflect procurement of dried beans, fresh produce, and institutional food supplies for correctional facilities, child-nutrition programs, and state agency meal services. State and local buyers use this code to solicit bulk dried legumes—kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans—and associated food-service items for institutional kitchens serving corrections, education, and public-agency populations. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Correctional Industries, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state procurement offices acting on behalf of state agencies (Georgia Department of Administrative Services, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division), state education or nutrition programs (Illinois IVHQ), and municipal nutrition initiatives (City of Edinburg, Texas for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service). Most solicitations specify delivery in bulk, palletized format, triple-cleaned product meeting USDA or U.S. No. 2 grade standards, and compliance with FDA, HACCP, and current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements.

Activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Southwest, with recent bids from Georgia (two separate Georgia state procurements posted May and October 2026), Texas (two state-level procurements in May and August 2026), and Oregon (two state corrections procurements in June and August 2026), plus Illinois (June 2026). The Oregon Department of Corrections issued an IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with bids due June 19, 2026, applying a combined 10 percent evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders, with historical pricing at $0.493 per pound and the incumbent contractor identified as Intersect USA; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products across 382 line items with an extended response date of May 4, 2026; and Georgia Correctional Industries requested kidney beans in 880-bag increments with bids due October 9, 2026. The City of Edinburg issued RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal-program supplies spanning beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items for 400 children daily over 9 months, applying a local-vendor preference for City of Edinburg suppliers within 5 percent of the lowest bid, with proposals due August 4, 2026. The mismatch between the code's nominal name (dried hen of the woods mushrooms) and actual procurement activity suggests the code may be misclassified in the state and local taxonomy for these dried-bean and institutional-food-service purchases.