UNSPSC 50425702: Dried angela rutabagas

The variety of rutabagas known as angela rutabagas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425702 Dried angela rutabagas, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific vegetable product, but the recent solicitations tagged under it procure dried beans in bulk for institutional food service — kidney beans, black beans, and pinto and red beans — supplied to correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies. State and local governments buying under this code are acquiring commodity-grade dried legumes in substantial quantities (ranging from approximately 880 bags to 42,500 pounds per solicitation) for kitchen preparation in custodial, educational, and child-care settings. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections), state food-service procurement divisions (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois), municipal governments (City of Edinburg, Texas), and school-based or child-care programs (Boys & Girls Club in Texas). Specifications consistently require USDA grading compliance, triple cleaning to remove debris and contaminants, moisture-content limits, and bulk packaging suitable for institutional cooking.

Recent solicitations cluster in the Pacific Northwest and Texas. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with bids due June 19, 2026, offering a combined 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-based fabrication and headquarters; the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued an IFB on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for cafeteria food products (including legumes and other staples across five Texas warehouse locations) with the response deadline extended to May 4, 2026; Georgia Correctional Industries solicited kidney beans in increments of 880 bags due October 9, 2026; and the State of Oregon requested dried black beans, triple-cleaned, due August 21, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued an RFP for CACFP meal-program supplies (including food products and nonfood items for approximately 400 children daily) due August 4, 2026, with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The code itself appears misaligned with actual procurement scope — the code name references a specific rutabaga variety, but state and local governments buying under it are soliciting dried beans for bulk institutional meal service, signaling either a catalog misclassification or historical tagging inaccuracy.