UNSPSC 50426212: Dried kentucky field squash

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

UNSPSC 50426212 Dried Kentucky field squash, a Commodity code, sees limited direct recent solicitation activity under its specific taxonomy designation; state and local governments purchase dried legumes and fresh produce through broader food-service procurement channels that span multiple codes and product categories. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly for dried Kentucky field squash, dried squash varieties, or comparable dried vegetable products. Instead, recent state and local food procurements—including school nutrition programs, correctional facility cafeteria supply, and child care meal services—name fresh produce, dried beans, and miscellaneous grocery items under separate UNSPSC codes and solicitation line items, but dried squash does not appear as a stand-alone commodity in the available records. Oregon Department of Corrections and other institutional food buyers have solicited dried pinto and red beans (approximately 42,500 to 127,500 pounds per bid cycle), which occupy the dried legume category adjacent to dried vegetables, but squash-specific procurement remains absent from the recent activity block.

State and local institutional food buyers—including correctional departments, school districts, child nutrition programs, and health and human services agencies—are the primary customer types for commodity produce and dried goods. Opportunities span Texas (City of Edinburg CACFP meal program, Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria procurement), Georgia (fresh produce and eggs for multiple school districts via cooperative purchasing), Oregon (corrections department dried beans), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District grocery items), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools master grocery), and other states with regular food-service solicitations. The absence of recent dried squash–specific bids does not indicate zero demand; rather, it suggests that when state and local buyers specify dried vegetables, they either bundle them into broader grocery line-item RFPs or do not currently solicit them as distinct line items. Vendors pursuing institutional food supply contracts should monitor fresh produce and dried legume solicitations from corrections, school nutrition, and child care programs as proxy demand signals, though dried Kentucky field squash as a named commodity does not appear in recent activity.