UNSPSC 50431843: Dried organic nuna beans

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

UNSPSC 50431843 Dried organic nuna beans (Commodity) covers legume staples sourced by state and local governments for institutional food service, though recent solicitation activity shows minimal procurement specifically for organic nuna beans; instead, state and local buyers are soliciting dried beans as commodity line items within broader food supply contracts for correctional facilities, schools, and child nutrition programs. The code sits within food procurement where issuing bodies—state departments of corrections, school districts, and municipal agencies operating child care food programs—purchase dried beans as part of multi-category cafeteria and meal-service contracts. Scope varies from standalone dried-bean bids (pinto or mixed varieties) to beans listed as a single line item within large grocery or food-service master agreements. The Oregon Department of Corrections and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have issued separate invitations for dried beans in recent months, signaling steady institutional demand for commodity legumes, though neither solicitation specifies organic certification.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Oregon, and Georgia. The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) issued ITB S-29100-00016233 on March 6, 2026, for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans at $0.43 per pound (prior award) due March 20, 2026, and a second ODOC ITB for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, both FOB destination to ODOC's Central Distribution Center in Salem, Oregon, with a 10 percent combined evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered vendors. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts) issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products on May 4, 2026, covering approximately 382 line items across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations, with dried beans likely included but not itemized separately in available abstracts. School districts and child nutrition programs in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Virginia are procuring fresh produce, eggs, and broad grocery categories rather than dried beans specifically, limiting direct commodity-code activity to state correctional systems. The code shows concentrated activity among repeat institutional buyers (ODOC, TDCJ) but sparse evidence of organic certification as a procurement driver in current state and local sourcing.