UNSPSC 50431512: Dried organic violetta di chioggia artichokes

The variety of organic artichokes known as organic violetta di chioggia artichokes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50431512 Dried organic violetta di chioggia artichokes (Commodity) covers dried and preserved produce for institutional food service, but the recent state and local opportunities on record show activity in dried beans and broader food-supply procurement rather than the specific artichoke variety named in the code. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the City of Edinburg, Texas all solicited dried beans and food-service items during the past five months—kidney beans, pinto and red beans, black beans, and mixed food products including proteins, grains, beverages, and janitorial supplies. The issuing bodies span state correctional agencies, state procurement divisions on behalf of criminal-justice departments, a state department of corrections, state education or institutional programs, and a city nutrition-assistance program. Solicitations are typically structured as IFBs or RFQs with all-inclusive, firm pricing and FOB or delivery-to-site terms; institutional buyers specify USDA grading, food-safety compliance, and volume requirements measured in pounds or bags delivered over defined periods or quarterly cycles.

Recent activity concentrates in Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026 through the OregonBuys system, with a 10 percent combined preference for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered suppliers and an incumbent price reference of $0.493 per pound as of August 2025. Georgia Correctional Industries requested kidney beans in 880-bag increments due October 9, 2026 (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027) with all-inclusive pricing and no separate freight reimbursement. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued Invitation for Bid 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five Texas warehouse locations with response extended to May 4, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas solicited CACFP meal-program supplies for approximately 400 children across five categories—beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items—under RFP 2026-017 with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The code itself shows limited direct relevance to current state and local procurement under the named commodity; the actual buying pattern reflects staple dried legumes and mixed institutional food service rather than specialty dried artichokes.