UNSPSC 50433413: Dried organic karela cucumbers

The variety of organic cucumbers known as organic karela cucumbers that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50433413 Dried organic karela cucumbers is a Commodity code, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under it diverge sharply from the code's nominal scope. The most recent opportunities involve institutional procurement of dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans — for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies, along with broader cafeteria food products and weekly food service supplies. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state purchasing offices (Georgia, Oregon), city governments (City of Edinburg, Texas), and state institutional food service operations (Illinois). These are bulk institutional food procurements, not specialty produce items.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and West, with Georgia, Oregon, and Texas dominating the opportunities block. Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ for 880-bag increments of kidney beans due October 9, 2026, requiring all-inclusive delivery pricing with strict bid-specification compliance and electronic submission. The State of Oregon issued two bids for dried beans — triple-cleaned black beans (S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026) and 42,500 pounds of pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) through the OregonBuys system, with the latter offering a combined 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated or Oregon-headquartered suppliers and FOB destination delivery to Salem within 45 days. The City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children daily under RFP2026017 (due August 4, 2026), with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 for bids within 5% of the lowest price. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with an extended deadline of May 4, 2026, covering 382 line items with FOB Destination terms and a 1.5 percent Texas SmartBuy administrative fee. The code shows active institutional food-service procurement but little evidence of specialty karela or organic produce activity.