UNSPSC 50426310: Dried jewel sweet potatoes

The variety of sweet potatoes known as jewel sweet potatoes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426310 Dried jewel sweet potatoes (Commodity) represents a narrow product category that state and local governments procure primarily as part of broader institutional food service supply contracts rather than as standalone line items. Recent solicitations show this code tagged to school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and child care food service operations that bundle dried sweet potatoes with hundreds of other grocery staples in large multi-category RFPs and ITBs. The actual purchasing pattern reflects institutional meal production at scale: school districts, state corrections departments, and CACFP-funded programs source dried sweet potatoes as one component of protein-rich vegetable options within diversified food supply agreements. State and local buyers emphasize USDA grade compliance, food safety certification (HACCP, FDA Good Manufacturing Practice), triple-cleaning standards for dried goods, minimum shelf-life guarantees (typically one year), and firm fixed pricing across 12-month contract terms.

Procurement activity under this code concentrates in school nutrition programs and state corrections facilities across Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois, with recent opportunities dominated by school districts managing annual child nutrition contracts. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026, and S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026), requesting 42,500 pounds and 127,500 pounds respectively on an FOB Destination basis to Salem with 45-day delivery windows; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products through the Statewide Comptroller's Division (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended from April 21) covering approximately 382 line items across five Texas warehouse regions. School districts in Fairfax County, Virginia (Master Grocery K-12, IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026), Rockwood R-VI in Missouri (over 900 grocery items, due April 29, 2026), and the Douglas County School System in Georgia (RFP SN 26-003, due February 18, 2026) all issued multi-category food supply contracts with estimated annual values ranging from $4.4 million to $9 million. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued an RFP for CACFP meal program supplies (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) serving approximately 400 children daily across five supply categories including food products. No recent solicitations isolated dried sweet potatoes as a standalone procurement; the code surfaces only as a component within institutional food service bundles, indicating limited standalone market activity at the state and local level.