UNSPSC 50425806: Dried irish moss

The variety of sea vegetables known as irish moss that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425806 Dried irish moss is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity from state and local government entities. The recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code do not actually solicit dried irish moss as a discrete product line. Instead, the opportunities represent broad food service procurement — school nutrition programs, correctional facility meal service, and child care food programs — where dried irish moss, if purchased at all, would be incidental to larger food supply contracts spanning proteins, produce, grains, dairy, and beverages. The code's nominal scope (a sea vegetable ingredient used in food manufacturing and thickening) does not align with the solicitations that carry the tag, suggesting a cataloging mismatch rather than active market demand for this specific commodity.

The identified opportunities span multiple state and local jurisdictions: the City of Edinburg and State of Illinois food procurement, the Oregon Department of Corrections (pinto and red beans), the State of Georgia, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and the Douglas County School System (Georgia). Most solicitations are school nutrition programs and institutional food service contracts with RFP, IFB, or ITB notice types and response dates ranging from March through August 2026. The concentration of activity in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon reflects institutional food service demand across school districts and state correctional facilities rather than procurement specifically targeting dried irish moss. Given the mismatch between the code's product definition and the actual scope of recent opportunities, this code does not represent a meaningful procurement category for business development focus in state and local markets.