UNSPSC 50432900: Dried organic chicories

The type of organic vegetable known as organic chicories that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50432900 Dried organic chicories, a Class code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity in the source materials. The single opportunity explicitly tagged with this code—the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 solicitation for dried pinto beans—comprises conventional dried legumes, not chicories, suggesting a coding mismatch at the point of posting.

Recent state and local procurement under broader dried-goods and food-service categories shows sustained activity across school districts, corrections departments, and municipal child nutrition programs purchasing staple grocery items including dried legumes, fresh produce, and prepared foods. The issuing bodies span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Muscogee County and Savannah-Chatham in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office, Illinois, Georgia), cities (City of Edinburg, Texas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two dried-bean procurements in the review window (127,500 pounds in March 2026 and 42,500 pounds in June 2026 at historical rates near $0.43–$0.49 per pound), while school districts and child nutrition programs solicited master grocery contracts encompassing hundreds of line items across proteins, grains, vegetables, and prepared items. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas (City of Edinburg CACFP meal program, TDCJ cafeteria procurement), Georgia (multiple school districts, state procurement), and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon corrections). The code itself shows no genuine market activity for dried chicories in state and local procurement based on available sources.