UNSPSC 50426619: Dried warted hubbard squash

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

UNSPSC 50426619 Dried warted hubbard squash, a Commodity code, sits in a grocery-procurement taxonomy that state and local governments use to classify fresh, frozen, and dried produce purchases. The recent opportunities posted under this code, however, reveal a substantial mismatch: the code nominally refers to a specific squash variety, but the actual solicitations tagged to it cover dried beans (kidney, pinto, red, and black), institutional food supply contracts for correctional facilities and child nutrition programs, and broad cafeteria food products. State and local issuing bodies are using this code to solicit dried legumes and institutional meal components for prisons, corrections systems, state agencies, cities, and child-care food programs rather than hubbard squash specifically. The scope of work encompasses bulk commodity sourcing for institutional kitchens—triple-cleaned dried beans meeting USDA No. 2 or better grades, institutional proteins and dairy for cafeteria service, and weekly food supply fulfillment for state facilities. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Correctional Industries, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state purchasing offices (Oregon, Georgia, Illinois), and municipal governments (City of Edinburg, Texas). The code shows little relevance to its nominal commodity classification.

Recent activity clusters in Oregon, Georgia, and Texas. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted a solicitation on June 5, 2026 (RFQ due June 19) for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans meeting triple-cleaned, U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards with a 10% combined preference for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered suppliers; the historical price was $0.493 per pound from incumbent Intersect USA. Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ on October 2, 2026 (due October 9) for kidney beans in 880-bag increments with all-inclusive delivery pricing. The City of Edinburg, Texas issued RFP 2026-017 on August 11, 2026 (due August 4) for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal components across five supply categories serving approximately 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference within 5% of the lowest bid under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The State of Oregon also posted a bid for dried black beans (triple-cleaned) due August 21, 2026. Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across 382 line items due May 4, 2026 (original date extended via Addendum No. 2), with FOB Destination to six TDCJ distribution points and a single-vendor-per-line-item award structure. Pricing structures consistently emphasize all-inclusive, firm fixed-price delivery with no separate reimbursement for freight or surcharges. The code shows material recent activity but categorizes institutional dried-goods procurement rather than the squash variety the nominal code describes.