UNSPSC 50426101: Dried america spinach

The variety of spinach known as america spinach that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426101 Dried america spinach is a Commodity code covering dried legumes and vegetables procured by state correctional facilities, school districts, and other institutional food-service operations. The recent opportunities solicited under this code, however, show minimal direct activity for dried spinach itself; instead, state and local governments are actively purchasing dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and red beans—for institutional meal programs, including correctional facilities, child-care food programs, and state agency cafeterias. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice dominate recent solicitations. The scope of work involves bulk procurement of triple-cleaned dried legumes meeting USDA grading standards (typically U.S. No. 2 or Grade A/B), with strict specifications on moisture content, foreign-material thresholds, and shelf-life requirements suitable for institutional cooking in high-volume meal preparation. Deliveries are required on FOB destination terms to central distribution centers or warehouses, with pricing all-inclusive of freight and handling. Issuing bodies are primarily state corrections departments and state procurement divisions acting on behalf of institutional users; school districts also appear as buyers through programs like the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

Geographic concentration is heaviest in the South and West, with Oregon (ODOC and state-agency procurement), Georgia (Correctional Industries and statewide food procurement), and Texas (TDCJ via the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division) posting multiple recent opportunities. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections requesting approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (IFB S2910000017705, due June 19, 2026), with a 10 percent evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered vendors; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items including dried beans and institutional staples (IFB 304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum); and Georgia Correctional Industries requesting kidney beans in increments of 880 bags (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026). The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP2026017 for CACFP meal program supplies (due August 4, 2026) with a local-vendor preference under Texas Government Code Section 271.9051. The code shows active procurement velocity with a narrower actual scope—dried legumes rather than spinach—suggesting a possible coding mismatch in the state procurement registry.