UNSPSC 50426834: Dried jicama

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

UNSPSC 50426834 Dried jicama, a Commodity code, shows minimal direct recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally covers dehydrated jicama root products, but none of the ten most recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code actually solicit dried jicama; instead, they document a broad range of food service procurement spanning fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria staples, and bulk grocery supply for schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs. The mismatch reflects how state and local procurement systems sometimes tag opportunities with parent or adjacent codes when more specific commodity codes do not apply or are not selected. Actual buying under this specific code—if it occurs—remains undocumented in the recent opportunity record.

State and local agencies do procure dried beans and other shelf-stable produce through competitive sealed bids and RFPs, as evidenced by the Oregon Department of Corrections' repeated solicitations for dried pinto and red beans (approximately 42,500 to 127,500 pounds per award), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's broad cafeteria food product procurement across multiple warehouse locations, and school districts' annual grocery and produce supply contracts. Those opportunities show activity across Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia, with school districts and corrections facilities as the primary buyers. However, because dried jicama does not appear in any of the representative recent solicitations—which feature beans, fresh produce, meats, dairy, grains, and prepared entrees—the code itself warrants close monitoring for any shift in procurement patterns but is not actively pursued under its nominal scope at this time.