UNSPSC 50431813: Dried organic calypso beans

The variety of organic beans known as organic calypso beans that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50431813 Dried organic calypso beans is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure dried beans under this code primarily as staple food items for institutional food service programs, including child nutrition services, school lunch operations, correctional facility meals, and public agency cafeterias. Recent opportunities show school districts, corrections departments, and city child nutrition programs issuing competitive bids for dried beans as line items within broader grocery and food supply solicitations, often specifying USDA grade standards (U.S. No. 2 or better), triple-cleaning requirements, minimum shelf-life guarantees (typically one year), and compliance with FDA, USDA HACCP, and Good Manufacturing Practice standards. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, county and independent school districts, municipal child nutrition programs, and special-purpose school nutrition cooperatives. The code sees activity from large institutional food service buyers—Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Oregon Department of Corrections, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice—purchasing dried beans as components of master grocery contracts or specialized produce and staple-food solicitations that often award line items to multiple vendors based on lowest responsive bid and product quality.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, with recent opportunities spanning school nutrition procurement in the Southeast and institutional food service in the Pacific Northwest and South. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (bid due March 20, 2026) and a June 2026 ITB for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (bid due June 19, 2026), both specifying triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade with FOB destination delivery to Salem within 45 days and Oregon-fabrication and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent each; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 Invitation for Bid (IFB 304T-26-300CF) for cafeteria food products including dried beans across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations across five geographic regions (response due May 4, 2026); and the Rockwood R-VI School District's March 2026 solicitation for approximately 900 grocery line items including beans and dried goods for the 2026-27 school year serving 6,900 daily lunch and 900 daily breakfast participants (bids due April 29, 2026). Dried beans appear as standalone line items in state correctional food service procurements and as components of master grocery contracts in school nutrition RFPs and ITBs. No recent opportunities show dried organic calypso beans specifically; opportunities name pinto and red beans or generic "beans" and dried goods within broader food supply categories. The code shows moderate activity in institutional food service but limited visibility as a standalone specialty item line.