UNSPSC 50426205: Dried cucuzza squash

The variety of summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as cucuzza squash that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426205 Dried cucuzza squash, a Commodity code, shows little recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The solicitations in the available recent-opportunities block cover dried beans (kidney, pinto, red, and black), institutional meal-program supplies, and general cafeteria food products — none of which match the dried cucuzza squash specification. No state or local purchasing opportunities for dried cucuzza squash appear in the source material. The code may be underutilized by state and local buyers, or opportunities tagged to it may be sparse in the available data.

When state and local governments do solicit dried legumes and institutional food products under adjacent commodity codes, purchasing occurs through Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division), the City of Edinburg Parks and Recreation, the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia. These buyers issue IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs with response windows of one to three weeks, require firm all-inclusive pricing with delivery included, and impose rigid specification compliance (triple-cleaned beans, USDA grade standards, FDA and HACCP compliance). Recent bids in the dried-bean category span Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. Incumbent suppliers such as Intersect USA have held historical pricing at roughly $0.49 per pound, and Oregon's procurement includes local-vendor and in-state fabrication preferences. This code warrants monitoring for institutional food-service opportunities, though current activity appears concentrated in adjacent legume and protein categories rather than specialty squash products.