UNSPSC 50426214: Dried middle eastern squash

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

UNSPSC 50426214 Dried middle eastern squash, a Commodity code, sees limited direct recent activity in state and local procurement, with the code appearing in sourcing databases but few opportunities explicitly requesting this category alone. When dried squash procurement does surface, it typically appears embedded within broader food-service solicitations—child nutrition programs, school districts, and correctional institutions that acquire dried vegetables as part of consolidated meal-supply contracts rather than as standalone line items. The actual buying activity under this code spans school nutrition services, institutional food service for detention facilities, and public-agency meal programs serving children and adult populations, with specifications typically requiring USDA compliance, food-safety certifications (HACCP, FDA, Good Manufacturing Practice), triple-cleaned or equivalent grade standards, and firm pricing inclusive of delivery to multiple distribution points.

Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), school districts (Fairfax County, Virginia; Muscogee County, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County, Georgia; Rockwood R-VI, Missouri), municipal child-care programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and statewide procurement on behalf of institutional food service. Recent opportunities show school nutrition as the dominant buyer segment, with individual school districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving 18 to 32 schools per contract. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia school districts dominating recent issuances) and Southwest (Texas, Oregon), with sporadic activity in the Mid-Atlantic. Representative recent solicitations include Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services (Missouri) issuing an IFB for over 900 grocery line items due April 29, 2026, the Muscogee County School District (Georgia) soliciting 60 produce and dried-goods line items under ITB 26-017 due April 27, 2026, and the Oregon Department of Corrections requesting approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (S2910000016233) with a March 20, 2026 deadline—this last opportunity illustrating that dried legumes, close relatives to dried squash in procurement taxonomy and food-service supply chains, regularly appear in state corrections purchasing at substantial volumes.