UNSPSC 50426314: Dried okinawan sweet potatoes

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

UNSPSC 50426314 Dried okinawan sweet potatoes is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are sourcing packaged dried fruit and vegetable ingredients for institutional meal programs serving children, inmates, and other populations, typically embedded within broader food supply contracts for schools, correctional facilities, and nutrition services. The recent opportunities record shows minimal direct procurement of dried okinawan sweet potatoes specifically; instead, the code appears to tag general food supply solicitations where dried or processed vegetables are one line item among hundreds. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, and State of Georgia), and occasionally municipal entities (City of Edinburg, Texas). School districts dominate the recent activity, reflecting steady demand for child nutrition services under CACFP and state meal programs; correctional and state facilities constitute a secondary but consistent market segment.

The geographic concentration is strongest in the Southeast and South, with Georgia school districts (Douglas County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham), Texas entities (City of Edinburg, TDCJ), and Oregon Department of Corrections generating recent solicitations between January and July 2026. Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia and Rockwood R-VI in Missouri represent activity in other regions. Representative opportunities include the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products to supply multiple TDCJ warehouse locations across five geographic areas (response deadline May 4, 2026); Rockwood R-VI's bid for over 900 grocery line items for the 2026-27 school year (due April 29, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract for delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026). Dried okinawan sweet potatoes as a discrete commodity do not appear in any posted opportunity summary; the code likely serves as a catch-all classification within broader produce and dry-goods categories, signaling that vendors pursuing state and local food supply contracts should expect to bid on this item as part of larger product assortments rather than as a standalone purchase.