UNSPSC 50426847: Dried opos

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

UNSPSC 50426847 Dried opos, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The source records document substantial food-service procurement across state corrections departments, school districts, and municipalities — including dried beans, fresh produce, cafeteria products, and grocery staples — but only two opportunities explicitly reference dried beans under codes that may or may not map to dried opos. The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) solicited dried pinto and red beans (42,500 pounds, bid due June 19, 2026) and dried pinto beans alone (127,500 pounds, bid due March 20, 2026), both tagged in the source with different UNSPSC codes. No opportunity in the block explicitly cites dried opos as a line item or product category.

State and local food-service buyers—particularly corrections departments, school nutrition programs, and municipal child-care programs—source bulk dried legumes for institutional meal preparation. The ODOC procurements represent the most concrete activity in this family: beans must meet U.S. No. 2 or better grade, be triple-cleaned, arrive palletized on four-way wooden pallets with FOB Destination delivery to Salem, Oregon, and carry a minimum one-year shelf life. Pricing in the March 2026 ODOC pinto-bean solicitation referenced a prior award at $0.43 per pound to Farmer Bean; the June 2026 solicitation noted a prior award at $0.493 per pound from Intersect USA. Beyond these two ODOC bids, the source does not identify recent state or local opportunities specifically soliciting dried opos. Geographic activity centers on Oregon (ODOC) and scattered multistate school-district buys; Georgia school systems and Texas child-care and corrections programs dominate the broader fresh-produce and grocery-supply activity in the block, but those do not clearly extend to dried opos. The code warrants close monitoring for ODOC repeat procurement cycles and expansion into other state-corrections food-service contracts, but current activity does not support a pursue posture without confirmation that dried opos aligns with actual buyer requirements.