UNSPSC 50432701: Dried organic celebrity celery

The variety of organic celery known as organic celebrity celery that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50432701 Dried organic celebrity celery, a Commodity code, nominally describes specialty dried vegetable products, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code does not reflect purchasing of dried celery or similar dried-vegetable commodities. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span broad food-service and child-nutrition procurement — school district grocery and produce contracts, correctional-facility dried-bean purchases, and child-care meal-program supplies. The mismatch between the code's name and actual buying patterns suggests either tagging inconsistency in the source systems or that this code is being used as a catch-all for miscellaneous food items beyond its nominal scope. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County systems), with state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller), and municipal child-care programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). One Illinois state procurement also appears, but with minimal scope detail available.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Southwest. Oregon Department of Corrections has issued two separate bids for dried pinto and red beans (127,500 pounds and 42,500 pounds, March and June 2026 postings respectively) at historical pricing near $0.43 per pound, with 5% Oregon-fabrication and 5% Oregon-headquarter preferences available. Texas has posted the largest single opportunity — Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum) covering approximately 382 line items across proteins, dairy, grains, and staples to six distribution points statewide. Georgia school districts have issued multiple fresh-produce and eggs RFPs under cooperative-purchasing vehicles (Douglas County System serving 30 districts, estimated $4.4–$5.5 million annually; Muscogee County ITB 26-017; Savannah-Chatham County Bid 26-34), all with mid-March to late-April 2026 response dates and firm fixed-price contracts running through June 2027. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) posted Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring weekly delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with a July 1, 2026 start. Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) solicited over 900 grocery line items (April 29, 2026 deadline via NUTRIKIDS electronic submission). City of Edinburg, Texas is procuring Child and Adult Care Food Program supplies for 400 children daily across five supply categories (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor 5% price preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051). The code shows no recent activity indicating pursuit of dried specialty vegetables; buyers using this code appear to be sourcing commodity-level food staples and produce for large-scale institutional meal programs rather than organic dried-celery products.