UNSPSC 50426908: Dried oregon sugar pod peas

The variety of sugar peas known as oregon sugar pod peas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426908 Dried Oregon sugar pod peas is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty legumes for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct procurement activity under this specific code. State and local governments buy dried legumes including pinto beans, red beans, and peas through food service supply chains that serve corrections departments, school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and hospital food services. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments, school districts of varying sizes, county school systems, and municipal child care programs, with procurement concentrated among larger institutional food service operators that manage centralized kitchen distribution and bulk ordering. Solicitations under related dried-bean codes and broader food-supply categories show that state and local buyers weight cost heavily—typically 30 to 50 percent of evaluation—alongside vendor experience, delivery capability, compliance with USDA and FDA standards, and product quality and shelf-life certifications.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Missouri, Texas) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with Oregon's Department of Corrections emerging as a repeat institutional buyer of dried beans in quantities exceeding 100,000 pounds per procurement. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026 at $0.43 per pound (historical reference rate), and a June 2026 IFB for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026 with FOB destination delivery to Salem and one-year minimum shelf life required. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) procure grocery items and produce through master contracts and RFPs with delivery cycles aligned to academic calendars (July through June fiscal years), though dried peas and beans appear as line items within broader food-supply solicitations rather than as standalone procurements. Texas Department of Criminal Justice sourced cafeteria food products through IFB 304T-26-300CF (response deadline May 4, 2026) covering 382 line items across five warehouse regions; the City of Edinburg, Texas, issued RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supplies (due August 4, 2026) encompassing proteins, vegetables, and staple items for 400 children daily. Illinois and Georgia have issued broader food-supply solicitations that do not itemize dried legumes by species, limiting visibility into current market demand for dried peas specifically.