UNSPSC 50426813: Dried bittermelon

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

UNSPSC 50426813 Dried bittermelon is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's narrow product scope—a specialty dried vegetable product—does not align with the recent solicitation activity posted under it. Of the fourteen recent opportunities in the dataset, none explicitly procure dried bittermelon or reference bittermelon as a line item. Instead, the tagged opportunities span general food service procurement for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care services, covering broad categories such as fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria staples, and grocery items. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either tagging error in the source system or that dried bittermelon is one of many line items within larger grocery aggregations that state and local procurement offices classify at higher taxonomy tiers.

Recent state and local purchasing under this code shows no identifiable concentration or repeat buyer pattern. School districts dominate the represented solicitations—Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia)—along with state corrections agencies in Oregon and Texas, the City of Edinburg (Texas), and a cooperative purchasing vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative). Geographic activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with representation also from Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon. The absence of dried bittermelon from any recent notice suggests this Commodity code carries little current procurement relevance for state and local buyers; professionals evaluating opportunities under this code should verify tagging accuracy against the full line-item manifest in each RFP or IFB before committing pursuit resources.