UNSPSC 50426826: Dried fiddlehead ferns

The type of vegetable known as fiddlehead ferns that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426826 Dried fiddlehead ferns (Commodity) does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The solicitation records show state and local governments actively procuring dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, and pinto/red beans — for institutional food service, correctional facilities, child care programs, and cafeteria operations, but no activity around fiddlehead ferns. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the City of Edinburg (Texas) have posted bids for dried bean products in the past four months with response dates ranging from June through October 2026. The scope of work under these opportunities centers on bulk dried beans meeting USDA grading standards, triple-cleaned specifications, and institutional packaging for meal preparation at scale — a commodity demand that differs materially from the code's nominal description.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, and Texas, with procurement offices at state correctional and agricultural agencies, state purchasing divisions, and municipal food service programs as repeat issuing bodies. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicitation (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a historical price of $0.493 per pound and a 10% Oregon-vendor preference exemplifies the institutional scale and regional preference patterns common under this code's actual market activity. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB (304T26300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas and Georgia Correctional Industries' RFQ (92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026) for kidney beans in 880-bag increments illustrate the frequency of correctional-system procurement. The code shows active state-local demand for dried legumes but limited or no market activity for the fiddlehead-fern commodity as named.