UNSPSC 50426703: Dried chinese yams

The variety of yams known as chinese yams that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426703 Dried Chinese Yams is a Commodity code that state and local governments nominally procure for institutional food service, but the recent opportunities block shows minimal activity directly matching the code's stated scope. Instead, state and local buyers are actively soliciting dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and red beans—through RFQs and IFBs posted by Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts), and the State of Illinois. These solicitations reveal that the code or related commodity classifications are being used to source dried legumes for bulk institutional meal preparation in correctional facilities, state agencies, and food-service programs. The Georgia Correctional Industries RFQ (92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026) seeks kidney beans in 880-bag increments with all-inclusive delivery pricing; the Oregon Department of Corrections solicitation (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) requests approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, triple-cleaned and palletized, with a historical purchase price of $0.493 per pound and a 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-headquartered suppliers; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procurement (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended via Addendum No. 2) encompasses cafeteria food products across multiple commodity lines delivered to six distribution points across Texas. The City of Edinburg, Texas, also posted an RFP (RFP2026017, due August 4, 2026) for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal items covering beverages, paper goods, food products, and janitorial supplies for approximately 400 children daily.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Corrections), Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice and City of Edinburg), Georgia (Georgia Correctional Industries), and Illinois (State of Illinois quarterly food order), with the most recent high-volume procurement being the Texas TDCJ IFB spanning multiple warehouses and the Oregon Department of Corrections' 42,500-pound pinto and red bean bid with FOB destination delivery to Salem, Oregon, within 45 days of purchase order. The code shows limited direct alignment with dried Chinese yams; state and local procurement activity under this commodity classification is dominated by dried beans for correctional facilities and institutional feeding programs rather than Chinese yams specifically, suggesting either code misapplication in the procurement system or that dried yams are procured infrequently or under alternative classifications by state and local buyers.