UNSPSC 50425405: Dried blackeyed peas

The variety of peas known as blackeyed peas that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425405 Dried blackeyed peas is a Commodity code encompassing the procurement of dried blackeyed peas by state and local governments. Recent state and local solicitations reveal that this code tags food supply contracts for institutional meal programs, including child nutrition services, school food programs, correctional facility cafeteria operations, and state agency food service. The actual buying activity under the code is narrower than the code name suggests—only two of the recent opportunities directly specify dried bean procurement by type (pinto and red beans), while most tagged opportunities address broad-based grocery, produce, and food supply solicitations in which dried blackeyed peas are one line item among hundreds. The issuing bodies are primarily state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state procurement, Georgia state purchasing, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via state comptroller), school districts (Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Fairfax County in Virginia, Muscogee County in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia), and one municipal child nutrition program (City of Edinburg, Texas). No single jurisdiction appears more than twice in the recent block, indicating distributed demand across education and corrections sectors.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, with secondary activity in Illinois. Two representative recent solicitations directly target dried beans: the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026) and ODOC's June 2026 ITB S2910000017140 for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026, with a historical price of $0.493 per pound from August 2025). Broader institutional grocery solicitations routinely include dried beans as line items—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products and the Rockwood School District's March 2026 grocery procurement for 2026–27 both treat dried beans as commodity inputs within larger food supply contracts. Oregon's ODOC procurement applies a combined 10 percent evaluation preference (5 percent for Oregon-fabricated goods, 5 percent for Oregon-headquartered bidders) on delivery FOB destination to Salem. The Oregon solicitations permit partial awards (50 to 100 percent of requested quantity) and require compliance with FDA, USDA, and HACCP standards with triple-cleaned beans meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade.