UNSPSC 50431836: Dried organic marrow beans

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

UNSPSC 50431836 Dried organic marrow beans is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to procure dried legumes for institutional food service operations, particularly school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations show purchasing of dried beans—pinto, red, and marrow varieties—in bulk quantities ranging from approximately 42,500 pounds to 127,500 pounds per procurement cycle, delivered to central distribution centers or school warehouse facilities on palletized loads meeting USDA grade standards and food safety compliance requirements including HACCP, FDA, and current Good Manufacturing Practice certifications. The issuing bodies comprise primarily state departments of corrections, school districts, and county school systems; Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and multiple Georgia school districts appear repeatedly in recent activity. State and local governments procure under this code as part of larger master grocery or food-supply contracts that often include dozens of line items spanning proteins, vegetables, grains, and dairy products alongside dried beans.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest, with documented recent solicitations from Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division requesting approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with an ITB due March 20, 2026 (S2910000016233), and a follow-up Oregon ODOC solicitation for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with an IFB due June 19, 2026 (S2910000017140), both specifying triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade beans with one-year minimum shelf life, FOB destination delivery to Salem within 45 days of purchase order, and Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder evaluation preferences of 5 percent each. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, has not issued a dedicated dried-bean solicitation in the recent window but includes beans as components within larger cafeteria food-product IFBs (304T26300CF, response due May 4, 2026) spanning multiple warehouse locations across Texas. School district activity in Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia centers on fresh produce and master grocery contracts rather than dried beans as standalone line items, indicating that dried organic marrow beans specifically see limited standalone procurement at the state and local level, with activity concentrated in correctional-system bulk-commodity acquisition.