UNSPSC 50426505: Dried purple top white turnips

The variety of turnips known as purple top white turnips that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426505 Dried purple top white turnips is a Commodity code that covers dried turnip products, though state and local governments buy fresh produce, dried beans, and broad grocery supply categories far more frequently than specialty dried vegetables. Recent solicitations tagged under this code show a pronounced mismatch: none of the posted opportunities directly solicit dried purple top white turnips. Instead, the activity reflects general food procurement for institutional kitchens—school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care operations—where buyers source proteins, grains, dairy, fresh produce, and staple vegetables as part of larger food supply contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state correctional agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state procurement offices (Georgia, Illinois), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Repeat bidding opportunities appear concentrated in school district supply chains, where annual or multi-year term contracts drive regular solicitation cycles.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Southwest, with Georgia school districts accounting for multiple recent RFP and ITB releases (Douglas County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County), Texas agencies posting food supply solicitations (City of Edinburg for CACFP, TDCJ for cafeteria products), and Oregon Department of Corrections posting dried bean procurements. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statewide Procurement Division's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas (due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 delivery to 45 schools plus warehouses (due April 27, 2026), Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation for over 900 line items in the 2026-27 school year (due April 29, 2026), and Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026). The code itself shows limited actual procurement of dried purple top white turnips; vendors pursuing this Commodity should verify that opportunities tagged under it align with their product focus or broaden to the general institutional food supply category where the real activity concentrates.