UNSPSC 50426108: Dried medania spinach

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

UNSPSC 50426108 Dried medania spinach is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it do not align with its nominal scope. The actual solicitations cover dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans — and broader food-supply contracts for institutional meal programs, correctional facilities, and cafeteria operations. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the State of Illinois are procuring dried legumes and bulk food products for inmate feeding, state agency operations, and child-care meal programs. These purchases typically specify USDA grade standards, triple-cleaning requirements, palletization and FOB delivery terms, and compliance with FDA and HACCP standards. The code shows little relevant recent activity in dried spinach specifically; the mismatch suggests either a data-entry error in the UNSPSC tagging or a category that captures institutional food procurement more broadly than the code name indicates.

Recent opportunities appear across multiple states and jurisdictions. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a combined 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered bidders; the historical purchase price was $0.493 per pound from incumbent Intersect USA. Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ for kidney beans, 880 bags per increment, due October 9, 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement Division, solicited cafeteria food products across five geographic areas via IFB 304T-26-300CF, extended to May 4, 2026, covering 382 line items of proteins, dairy, grains, and staples for delivery to six TDCJ distribution points with a 1.5 percent Texas SmartBuy administrative fee. The City of Edinburg, Texas, requested proposals for CACFP meal-program supplies to serve 400 children daily, with a local-vendor preference within 5 percent of the lowest bid under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051, and the State of Oregon issued a separate bid for triple-cleaned black beans due August 21, 2026. Correctional and institutional cafeteria operations dominate the recent posting activity, with Oregon and Texas showing the most recent solicitation volume.