UNSPSC 50431918: Dried organic monaco beets

The variety of organic beets known as organic monaco beets that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50431918 Dried organic monaco beets is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialty dried-bean procurement for institutional food service, but the recent state and local opportunities reveal a broader pattern of dried-legume sourcing by correctional facilities, school districts, and state agencies for bulk kitchen operations. Georgia Correctional Industries, the State of Oregon, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are soliciting dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and generic weekly food orders—for large-scale meal preparation serving hundreds to thousands of inmates, students, or institutional residents daily. The scope spans triple-cleaned, USDA-graded dried legumes suitable for institutional cooking with compliance to food-safety standards, moisture limits, foreign-material thresholds, and shelf-life requirements. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments, state purchasing offices on behalf of correctional systems and educational institutions, and municipal school-district food programs; the City of Edinburg, Texas, also solicited institutional food supply for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and West, with Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois posting bids between May and October 2026. The Georgia Correctional Industries RFQ for kidney beans (due October 9, 2026) and the Oregon Department of Corrections bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026, FOB destination to the Central Distribution Center in Salem) are representative, both requiring all-inclusive pricing with delivery to institutional distribution points and compliance with USDA grading and FDA food-safety standards. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB for cafeteria food products (extended to May 4, 2026) spans 382 line items across five geographic warehouse locations and includes dried beans among diverse staple categories. A 5-percent Oregon-production preference and a 5-percent Oregon-headquartered-vendor preference apply in the ODOC procurement. Most opportunities specify electronic bid submission through state procurement portals, with strict specification-compliance requirements and pre-bid meetings or question-cutoff dates; the Texas TDCJ solicitation mandated a pre-bid conference on March 26, 2026, and prohibited bid protests under Oregon statute in the ODOC case.