UNSPSC 50426613: Dried jarrahdale squash

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

UNSPSC 50426613 Dried jarrahdale squash, a Commodity code, does not reflect the work actually being solicited under recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally names a specific varietal squash, yet the opportunities posted against it instead solicit dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, red beans—for institutional food service. State and local governments procuring under this code are buying bulk dried legumes for correctional facilities, school meal programs, state agency food supply, and youth services, with specifications emphasizing USDA grading standards, triple-cleaning, moisture content limits, and FDA compliance. The issuing bodies include state corrections departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state procurement offices acting on behalf of other agencies, cities managing child and adult care food programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and state agencies sourcing for institutional kitchens. This mismatch between code name and actual procurement suggests the code may be misapplied in the state and local taxonomy or that these opportunities have been tagged incorrectly by issuing bodies.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and West: Georgia Correctional Industries posted a kidney-beans RFQ due October 9, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a 10% Oregon-made and Oregon-headquartered preference; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB for cafeteria food products due May 4, 2026 (extended via addendum from April 21) covering multiple institutional locations across five Texas geographic areas. The City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program due August 4, 2026, applying a local-vendor preference for bids within 5% of the lowest price under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The State of Oregon posted a separate solicitation for dried black beans, triple-cleaned, due August 21, 2026. The State of Illinois solicited a quarterly weekly food order for July–September due June 26, 2026. Pricing in named opportunities ranges from $0.493 per pound (historical rate in the Oregon ODOC procurement) to unspecified amounts in Georgia and Illinois solicitations; delivery is FOB destination, all-inclusive of freight and surcharges in most cases, with palletization and 45-day delivery timelines common in correctional procurement.