UNSPSC 50426860: Dried tendergreen

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

UNSPSC 50426860 Dried tendergreen (Commodity) describes dried legumes and vegetables for institutional food service, but state and local procurement under this code focuses primarily on dried beans—pinto, black, kidney, and red varieties—purchased in bulk for correctional institutions, child care programs, educational facilities, and state agencies. Dried beans appear in nearly every recent solicitation, priced by the pound and delivered in large quantities (thousands of pounds per contract) on pallets to institutional distribution centers or cafeteria kitchens. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are the dominant recent buyers, each issuing multiple bids for beans in sealed specifications requiring USDA grading standards, triple-cleaning certification, and compliance with FDA and HACCP protocols. The scope also encompasses broader institutional food-service procurement (proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, and fresh produce) when tagged to this code, though dried beans remain the core commodity. Issuing bodies are state departments (corrections, procurement offices), correctional facilities, and municipal child-care programs; no counties or independent school districts appear in the recent sample.

Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, and Texas dominate recent activity. Georgia Correctional Industries solicited kidney beans (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026) in increments of 880 bags on an all-inclusive delivered basis; the Oregon Department of Corrections requested approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (IFB S2910000017705, due June 19, 2026) with a 10% Oregon-vendor evaluation preference and a historical incumbent price of $0.493 per pound; the State of Oregon solicited dried black beans, triple-cleaned (IFB S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026); the State of Illinois solicited weekly food orders including beans for the July–September quarter (ITB 27497DVAQUINCB52821, due June 26, 2026); and the City of Edinburg, Texas, requested food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) with a local-vendor preference under Texas law. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a broad cafeteria food-products IFB (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum) spanning 382 line items including beans, proteins, dairy, grains, and condiments across five geographic areas with FOB Destination pricing and a 1.5 percent SmartBuy administrative fee.