UNSPSC 50426803: Dried apio

The type of vegetable known as apio that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426803 Dried apio, a Commodity code, represents state and local procurement of dried vegetables and legumes for institutional food service, particularly school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and child care services. The code encompasses dried bean products, including pinto beans, red beans, and similar dried legumes that meet USDA grade standards and food safety compliance requirements for high-volume meal preparation. Recent state and local solicitations under this code focus on bulk dried bean procurement to supply daily meal services across multiple institutional locations, with deliveries requiring palleted, temperature-controlled logistics and adherence to rigorous shelf-life and food-safety specifications.

Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections), state school nutrition systems via cooperative purchasing arrangements (Douglas County School System serving 30 Georgia districts via GEC Buying Cooperative), individual school districts (Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia), municipal child care programs (City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP), and state facilities operations (Illinois, Georgia). Recent representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of triple-cleaned dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026, evaluated on lowest responsive bid with Oregon fabrication and residency preferences totaling up to ten percent; the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts IFB 304T26300CF for cafeteria food products serving Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouses across five geographic areas, extended to May 4, 2026, spanning 382 line items including dried beans with USDA grade certificates required and firm fixed pricing incorporating all shipping; and Rockwood R-VI School District's April 29, 2026 NUTRIKIDS electronic bid solicitation for over 900 grocery line items including dried goods for approximately 6,900 daily lunch participants. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Missouri, with multi-district cooperative purchasing extending reach across the Southeast. Pricing for dried pinto beans references $0.43 per pound (August 2025, Oregon ODOC) to $0.493 per pound (August 2025, same procurement), and school district produce-plus-protein contracts show annual expenditures ranging from approximately $1.1 million to $9 million depending on district size and scope.