UNSPSC 50426611: Dried giant pumpkin squash

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

UNSPSC 50426611 Dried giant pumpkin squash (Commodity) covers dried legume and vegetable products sourced for institutional meal preparation, though the recent opportunities block shows no direct activity matching the code's nominal scope. Instead, state and local buyers are soliciting dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, and pinto/red bean combinations — for correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and state agency food services. The work consists of bulk procurement of USDA-graded, triple-cleaned dried legumes meeting food-safety standards for high-volume institutional cooking, with typical order sizes ranging from 42,500 pounds to recurring weekly or quarterly supply cycles. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments, state purchasing offices acting on behalf of multiple agencies, city governments supporting child and adult care food programs, and state education or nutrition divisions. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Oregon, the State of Georgia, Texas TDCJ (through the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division), Illinois, and the City of Edinburg, Texas represent the mix of buyers active under related commodity categories.

The code sees the most recent activity in the Pacific Northwest and South. Oregon's Department of Corrections posted an RFQ for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (bids due June 19, 2026) with a combined 10% Oregon-source preference; the State of Oregon also solicited triple-cleaned dried black beans (bids due August 21, 2026). Georgia Correctional Industries issued an RFQ for kidney beans in 880-bag increments (bids due October 9, 2026), and the State of Georgia posted a broad food-supplies solicitation on May 15, 2026 (bids due June 22, 2026). Texas TDCJ, through the Comptroller's office, issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning multiple categories including legumes, with an extended response date of May 4, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas solicited food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children daily (RFP 2026-017, proposals due August 4, 2026), requiring beverages, paper goods, proteins, janitorial supplies, and ancillary items with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. Illinois issued an FY-27 quarterly food-order solicitation (bids due June 26, 2026). The code shows no recent opportunities explicitly tagged to dried pumpkin or winter squash; procurement activity under the code or closely related categories should be verified through jurisdictional procurement registries and vendor databases before pursuing.