UNSPSC 50431506: Dried organic midi artichokes

The variety of organic artichokes known as organic midi artichokes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50431506 Dried organic midi artichokes, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains no recent solicitations for dried organic midi artichokes specifically. Instead, the code appears to be tagged incorrectly across a range of food service procurement opportunities that focus on fresh produce, bulk dried beans, grocery items for school nutrition and institutional meal programs, and cafeteria food products. The most active buying reflects school districts, state departments of corrections, and child nutrition service agencies sourcing diverse food categories—fresh fruits and vegetables, proteins, dairy, grains, beverages, and condiments—for daily meal service to students, inmates, and program participants, not specialty dried artichoke products.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing food service contracts include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri; Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller), municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas), and multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). Representative recent opportunities include the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) seeking suppliers for 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with weekly deliveries; the Rockwood R-VI Child Nutrition Services grocery items solicitation (due April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS electronic bidding) encompassing over 900 line items for approximately 7,800 daily meal participants; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF (extended to May 4, 2026) for approximately 382 food line items across five TDCJ warehouse locations. The Oregon Department of Corrections has issued multiple ITBs for dried pinto and red beans in bulk quantities (127,500 pounds in March 2026 and 42,500 pounds in June 2026), with preference applied to Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered vendors. Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon, with the most solicitation volume from Georgia school districts and state correctional systems. The code shows no current market fit for the narrowly defined dried organic midi artichoke commodity.