UNSPSC 50426501: Dried green globe turnips

The variety of turnips known as green globe turnips that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426501 Dried green globe turnips, a Commodity code, does not reflect current state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged with this code span school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and child care food services soliciting comprehensive grocery supply — including proteins, dairy, grains, produce, beverages, and nonfood items — rather than dried turnips specifically. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026, for CACFP meal program supplies serving approximately 400 children daily, with proposals due August 4, 2026 and evaluation weighted toward cost (30%), qualifications (25%), technical approach (25%), and menu quality (20%); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas, with an extended response deadline of May 4, 2026 and pre-bid conference held on March 26, 2026. Issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia, Muscogee County in Georgia), state departments (Illinois, Georgia, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas TDCJ), and municipal child care programs (City of Edinburg). Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple bids for dried beans — both pinto and mixed red beans — indicating state correctional systems use legume procurement under related commodity codes.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon, with school district procurement dominating the opportunity stream. The Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP 26-004 on February 4, 2026 (due March 4, 2026) for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two. Fairfax County Public Schools posted IFB 2000004323 on April 6, 2026 (due April 27, 2026) for a Master Grocery K-12 term contract covering deliveries to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens across Fairfax County from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with optional renewal for four additional years and a pre-bid conference scheduled for April 15, 2026. The code itself sees minimal direct activity for dried turnips; the tagged opportunities reflect a mismatch between the Commodity code name and the actual scope of goods being procured, which centers on comprehensive food service supply for institutional feeding rather than specialty dried vegetables.