UNSPSC 50425813: Dried seaweeds

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

UNSPSC 50425813 Dried seaweeds, a Commodity code, shows little activity aligned with its nominal scope in recent state and local procurement. The code's title reflects marine-plant procurement, yet the most recent opportunities posted under this classification solicit dried beans — kidney beans, pinto beans, red beans, and black beans — for institutional food service, corrections departments, and child care programs. State and local issuing bodies treating this code as a catch-all for dried legumes and bulk food staples include the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, alongside municipal and school-district food programs such as the City of Edinburg, Texas's Child and Adult Care Food Program. The work involves sourcing USDA-graded dried beans in bulk quantities (ranging from roughly 880 bags to 42,500 pounds), meeting food-safety and storage specifications, and delivering to institutional distribution centers or meal-service sites on fixed schedules with pricing built into bid responses.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with Georgia and Oregon appearing most frequently in the recent-opportunities record. The Georgia Department of Corrections' RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027 (due October 9, 2026) seeks kidney beans for delivery in 880-bag increments with all-inclusive pricing and electronic PDF submission; the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB S2910000017705 (due August 21, 2026) and S2910000017140 (due June 19, 2026) request triple-cleaned dried black beans and pinto-and-red beans respectively, with Oregon-fabrication and headquarters-location preferences (10% combined evaluation credit) and FOB-destination delivery to Salem within 45 days. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF (due May 4, 2026, later extended, submitted through the Statewide Procurement Division) encompasses 382 line items of diverse food products including dried legumes alongside proteins, dairy, and specialty items for five geographic warehouse locations. The recent-opportunities block reflects no seaweed-specific solicitations; the code appears misaligned with actual procurement demand, signaling either classification error in the state and local registries or obsolete taxonomy mapping.