UNSPSC 50425401: Dried purple hull peas

The variety of peas known as purple hull peas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425401 Dried purple hull peas, a Commodity code, shows minimal direct procurement activity aligned with its specific product scope. State and local governments purchasing under this code buy specialty legume products for institutional food service — primarily school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care operations that require bulk dried legumes meeting USDA grade standards and shelf-life specifications. The issuing bodies are overwhelmingly education and corrections agencies: school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, Douglas County School System), state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas; Illinois state facilities). These buyers source dried legumes as part of broader grocery and food product procurements, not as standalone commodity purchases.

The recent opportunities show only two relevant solicitations, both for dried beans rather than purple hull peas specifically. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs in March and June 2026 for dried pinto and red beans (127,500 pounds and 42,500 pounds respectively) requiring triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade, FOB destination to Salem with 45-day delivery windows, and marked lowest responsive bid awards with no specific set-asides. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, solicited cafeteria food products via IFB 304T-26-300CF (response deadline May 4, 2026) spanning 382 line items across proteins, grains, and staples for five TDCJ warehouse locations, though the specific dried legume scope within that broad procurement is not detailed. Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon) and Texas, with secondary activity in Georgia and Missouri school districts, but purple hull peas as a named commodity do not appear in any of the source opportunities—the code appears misaligned with actual recent procurement, which focuses on pinto and red beans. Competitors pursuing this code should monitor corrections department and large school district RFPs and ITBs for food service consolidations where legumes are itemized, particularly in the South and Southwest where purple hull peas have cultural food-service demand.