UNSPSC 50426000: Dried sorrels

The type of vegetable known as sorrels that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426000 Dried sorrels, a Class code, encompasses dried legumes and related bulk food ingredients procured by state and local agencies for institutional meal service, correctional facilities, educational programs, and child nutrition initiatives. The solicitations under this code show that state and local governments are actually buying dried beans — pinto, red, black, and kidney varieties — in large institutional quantities, triple-cleaned to USDA standards and specified for bulk cooking in prison kitchens, school cafeterias, and child care programs. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Correctional Industries), state purchasing offices (Oregon, Georgia, Illinois), school districts and child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and state agencies procuring for institutional food service. The work spans procurement of single-commodity dried beans in quantities ranging from tens of thousands of pounds to smaller supplies for quarterly or annual meal programs, with specifications emphasizing food-safety compliance, grading standards, contamination thresholds, and delivery logistics tailored to institutional scale.

Recent activity concentrates in Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued an IFB (Solicitation S2910000017705) for dried black beans, triple-cleaned, due August 21, 2026, and a concurrent bid (S2910000017140) for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a 10% combined Oregon-source preference (5% for goods fabricated or processed in Oregon, 5% for bidders headquartered in Oregon). Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ (92100ERFQ0020612027) for kidney beans in 880-bag increments due October 9, 2026, specifying all-inclusive delivery pricing and strict specification-sheet completion requirements. The City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program (RFP2026017) due August 4, 2026, covering proteins and dried goods among five supply categories for 400 children daily under a local-vendor preference. The State of Illinois issued a bid (27497DVAQUINCB52821) for quarterly weekly food orders due June 26, 2026. Pricing varies by scope: the Oregon ODOC paid $0.493 per pound for pinto and red beans in August 2025. State procurement offices and corrections departments dominate recent issuance; school districts and child nutrition authorities appear less frequently but represent growing program demand.