UNSPSC 50425400: Dried peas

The type of vegetable known as peas that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425400 Dried peas is a Class code encompassing dried legume commodities that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service—school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and child care meal services. Recent solicitations show purchasing focused on bulk dried beans (pinto, red, and commodity varieties) delivered to central distribution facilities or school warehouses, not consumer packaged products. The Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice both source dried beans in quarter-million-pound volumes; school districts including Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Fairfax County (Virginia), and Douglas County (Georgia) bid grocery items encompassing dried legumes as part of broader meal program procurement. Issuing bodies are predominantly state corrections agencies, state food procurement offices, county and independent school districts, and school system cooperative buying consortia. No meaningful recent activity appears under the code's narrow commodity name; instead, dried peas and beans are solicited within larger grocery, food supply, or child nutrition service RFPs and ITBs where they compete as line items alongside proteins, grains, produce, and dairy.

Geographic activity clusters in the South (Georgia, Texas, Missouri) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with secondary presence in Mid-Atlantic jurisdictions (Virginia). The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans in March 2026 (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026) and June 2026 (Solicitation S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026), showing repeat institutional procurement. Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026 after extension, serving five geographic warehouse areas). School district opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) and Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items (due April 29, 2026, electronic submission via NUTRIKIDS). Oregon ODOC applies Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences (5 percent each for evaluation); most school solicitations contain no formal set-asides but require insurance, debarment certification, and Buy American Act compliance. Contract values remain undisclosed in most source materials, though Douglas County's produce cooperative (PE64810NONST2026000000047, due March 4, 2026) estimates annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two across 30 school districts, suggesting institutional scale.