UNSPSC 50426600: Dried winter squashes and winter pumpkins

The type of vegetable known as winter squashes and winter pumpkins that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426600 Dried winter squashes and winter pumpkins is a Class code under which state and local governments procure dried legumes and bulk institutional food staples for correctional facilities, child-care programs, and agency meal services. Despite the code's nominal focus on squashes and pumpkins, the recent opportunities block shows activity centered on dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and red beans — purchased in bulk quantities (880-bag increments, 42,500 pounds, weekly standing orders) for institutional cooking and meal preparation. Issuing bodies span state correctional departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections), state purchasing divisions (Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois), city child-care programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and state agencies purchasing through centralized procurement offices. Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois show the most recent solicitation activity. The procurement mix reflects narrow, commodity-focused purchasing with strict USDA grading standards, triple-cleaning specifications, delivery-inclusive pricing, and bulk palletization requirements typical of institutional food-service supply chains.

Georgia Correctional Industries posted RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027 for kidney beans with a response due date of October 9, 2026, requiring electronic PDF submission with completed specification sheets and all-inclusive delivery pricing in increments of 880 bags. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued bid S2910000017140 for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026), incorporating a combined 10% in-state evaluation preference (5% for Oregon-fabricated goods and 5% for Oregon-headquartered vendors), triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards, FOB destination palletization to the ODOC Central Distribution Center in Salem within 45 days, and a historical incumbent price of $0.493 per pound from August 2025. The City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal-program food and nonfood items (including proteins, beverages, and paper goods for 400 children daily), with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 and evaluation weighting cost at 30%, qualifications at 25%, technical approach at 25%, and menu quality at 20%.