UNSPSC 50426115: Dried water spinach

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

UNSPSC 50426115 Dried water spinach, a Commodity code, has generated minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's abstract name does not match the work actually being solicited under related food-service categories: recent opportunities tagged with dried produce, dried beans, and general grocery procurement involve staple institutional foods (dried pinto and red beans, fresh produce, cafeteria proteins and grains, and eggs) but do not name dried water spinach or leafy greens in any specific or measurable quantity. Two solicitations directly reference dried legumes—the Oregon Department of Corrections' procurement of approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026) and a follow-on 42,500-pound pinto and red bean bid (ITB S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026)—but these target commodity staples for correctional food service, not the specialized dried produce implied by the code name. Issuing bodies across the recent opportunities include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois and Georgia state agencies), school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County systems in Georgia), and municipal or regional agencies (City of Edinburg, Texas; Boys & Girls Club partners). Geographic spread covers Texas, Oregon, Virginia, Missouri, Georgia, and Illinois, with school-district child nutrition procurement dominating the volume.

State and local jurisdictions are actively procuring fresh and frozen food supplies for school meals, correctional facilities, and child-care programs through IFBs, ITBs, and RFPs, but dried water spinach does not appear as a line item or a named product category in any of the representative recent solicitations. The code shows no current buying signal and does not align with what institutions are actually purchasing under food-service and meal-support categories at present.