UNSPSC 50426316: Dried oriental sweet potatoes

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

UNSPSC 50426316 Dried oriental sweet potatoes, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code predominantly solicit dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, and pinto and red beans—rather than dried oriental sweet potatoes, indicating a systematic mismatch between the code classification and the work actually being bought. State and local governments purchasing under this code buy institutional food supplies for correctional facilities, child and adult care food programs, and state agency meal services, with specifications emphasizing USDA grade standards, food-safety compliance, triple-cleaned product quality, and bulk institutional packaging suitable for high-volume meal preparation.

Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and procurement divisions, municipal governments, and specialized state agencies. The most recent activity clusters in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. Representative solicitations include the Georgia Correctional Industries RFQ for 880-bag increments of kidney beans due October 9, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation factor (5% for goods processed in Oregon, 5% for Oregon-headquartered bidders); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items with delivery to six distribution points across Texas, extended to May 4, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas, also solicited CACFP meal program supplies including beverages, paper goods, food products, and janitorial supplies with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The code's recent activity consists almost entirely of dried-bean procurements rather than sweet potatoes, suggesting either systematic miscoding or minimal current demand for dried oriental sweet potatoes in state and local institutional food service.