UNSPSC 50425608: Dried specialty potatoes

The variety of potatoes known as specialty potatoes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425608 Dried specialty potatoes is a Commodity code that captures institutional bulk procurement of dried legumes and specialty potato products for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies. Recent state and local opportunities under this code center on dried beans — kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, and red beans — rather than potatoes, reflecting procurement patterns in Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and Texas corrections and school-meal systems. Issuing bodies are primarily state corrections departments and state purchasing offices procuring for institutional food service, supplemented by city governments managing child and adult care food programs. Work includes specification of USDA grading standards (typically U.S. No. 2 or better grade, triple-cleaned), moisture-content and foreign-material thresholds, palletized bulk delivery to distribution centers, and compliance with FDA, USDA, HACCP, and Good Manufacturing Practice requirements. Contracts commonly specify FOB destination pricing (all-inclusive freight and fuel), minimum shelf life remaining, delivery windows (typically 30–45 days from purchase order), and weekly or quarterly ordering cycles for ongoing meal service.

Activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and South, with the Oregon Department of Corrections and State of Oregon leading recent solicitations, and Georgia and Texas correctional systems and school districts issuing multiple RFQs and IFBs. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026), which applied a combined 10% Oregon-origin preference; Georgia Correctional Industries' October 2026 RFQ for kidney beans in 880-bag increments (92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026); and the State of Oregon's August 2026 bid for triple-cleaned dried black beans (S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026). The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued an RFP in August 2026 for a Child and Adult Care Food Program spanning beverages, paper goods, proteins, and food products for 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued an extended IFB (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026) for cafeteria food products to multiple TDCJ warehouse locations across five geographic areas, with pre-bid held March 26, 2026.