UNSPSC 50426605: Dried calabaza squash

The variety of winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as calabaza squash that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426605 Dried calabaza squash is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity under its nominal scope; the recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect demand for calabaza squash itself but instead show broader food-service solicitations that include dried vegetables and pulses as line items within larger supply contracts. The issuing bodies across recent postings span state departments, county school systems, municipal school districts, and state corrections agencies. Work being solicited includes dried beans, fresh produce, and comprehensive grocery supply for child nutrition and institutional feeding programs, with the calabaza code appearing as a categorization artifact rather than a discrete procurement driver. State and local procurement under codes in this family emphasizes competitively bid commodity supply to school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and community food services, with pricing firm and fixed, delivery F.O.B. destination, and quality conformance to USDA or state nutrition standards.

The recent activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Missouri. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice) posted IFB 304T26300CF for cafeteria food products with an extended response date of May 4, 2026; the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited grocery items for the 2026–27 school year by April 29, 2026, with over 900 line items; Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia issued IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 with bids due April 27, 2026; the City of Edinburg, Texas, posted RFP 2026017 for CACFP meal support with dried vegetables and proteins among the supply categories, due August 4, 2026; and the Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) and dried pinto beans (S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026), both specifying triple-cleaned product meeting U.S. No. 2 or better standards with FOB destination delivery to Salem. Dried-vegetable procurement at the state and local level typically appears as a component of larger institutional food supply contracts rather than as a standalone commodity, with evaluation weighted toward total cost, vendor qualifications, and compliance with USDA or state nutrition and food-safety standards.