UNSPSC 50431827: Dried organic haricot beans

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

UNSPSC 50431827 Dried organic haricot beans is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to procure staple dried beans for institutional food service, primarily through K–12 school districts, state correctional facilities, and municipal child nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show procurement of dried pinto beans, red beans, and generic dried bean products in quantities ranging from 42,500 to 127,500 pounds per contract, with strict compliance requirements for U.S. grading standards (typically No. 2 or better), triple-cleaning certification, USDA and FDA regulatory adherence, and minimum one-year shelf life from delivery. Work under this code includes FOB-destination delivery to central distribution warehouses, palletized shipping on standardized wooden pallets, and nutritional and food-safety documentation (HACCP compliance, nutritional facts labels, certification of cleaning, best-use-by dates).

Issuing bodies cluster around state-level institutional procurement — the Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have been active repeat buyers in the past six months — and school districts at the K–12 level. Geographic activity centers on Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia, with the most concrete recent opportunities emerging from ODOC (two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans, March and June 2026, with 45-day delivery windows and historical pricing around $0.43–$0.49 per pound) and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division on behalf of TDCJ (IFB 304T-26-300CF, response due May 4, 2026, for 382 line items including dried bean products to multiple warehouse locations). School nutrition RFPs typically bundle dried beans within broader grocery or food-supply line items rather than as standalone solicitations; however, the code itself is cited only tangentially in broader child nutrition notices. Oregon's two dried-bean ITBs offer the clearest market signal: both applied a 5 percent in-state processing preference and a 5 percent in-state business location preference (10 percent combined for evaluation), rejected bid protests, and specified palletized delivery within 45 days of purchase order.