UNSPSC 50426808: Dried bamboo shoots

The type of vegetable known as bamboo shoots that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426808 Dried bamboo shoots is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity in state and local government. The single representative opportunity explicitly tagged with this code—the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans—reflects a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual purchasing patterns. State and local jurisdictions do procure dried legumes and specialty food ingredients for institutional nutrition programs, but recent solicitations show that these items are sourced as part of broader food-supply and grocery-product RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs rather than as standalone line items tagged to the bamboo-shoots commodity. School districts, state corrections facilities, and state purchasing offices treat dried beans, grains, and comparable shelf-stable ingredients as components within comprehensive meal-service contracts spanning proteins, produce, dairy, and prepared entrees rather than as isolated procurement categories.

The recent opportunities block contains no standing demand for dried bamboo shoots specifically. When state and local bodies solicit dried legumes—as in the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB (S2910000016233) for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans at $0.43 per pound incumbent pricing, and a June 2026 follow-on IFB (S2910000017140) for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans—the commodity code assigned does not match UNSPSC 50426808. The broader grocery and food-supply procurement landscape spans Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 IFB for Master Grocery K-12, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products across five distribution areas, the City of Edinburg's July 2026 RFP for CACFP meal program supplies, and the Rockwood R-VI School District's April 2026 grocery bid covering over 900 line items—none of which isolate dried bamboo shoots as a procurement target. The code shows little relevant recent activity and does not represent a meaningful purchasing category in current state and local procurement cycles.