UNSPSC 50433500: Dried organic eggplants

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

UNSPSC 50433500 Dried organic eggplants, a Class code, nominally covers dried eggplant products, but recent state and local solicitations under this code are predominantly for dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and red beans—procured for institutional food service, correctional facilities, and child care meal programs. State and local governments buying under this code are seeking bulk dried legumes in large quantities (ranging from approximately 880-bag increments to tens of thousands of pounds) with delivery to institutional distribution centers or food-service locations. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments, state departments of agriculture or procurement, city governments, and state purchasing offices on behalf of specialized agencies. The code shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and actual procurement activity; the dried beans being solicited fall outside the eggplant category entirely, suggesting either a broad commodity-aggregation practice within state procurement systems or a tagging error at the source-data level.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois, with recent opportunities spanning June through October 2026. Representative solicitations include the Georgia Correctional Industries RFQ for kidney beans (due October 9, 2026, 880-bag increments, all-inclusive delivery pricing), the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026, with a 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-processed or Oregon-headquartered bidders), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for cafeteria food products including beans as part of a broader 382-line-item institutional food procurement (response deadline May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), and the City of Edinburg, Texas RFP for CACFP meal-program supplies including food products for approximately 400 children ages 1–18 (due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051). Institutional food-service procurement in this space emphasizes USDA grading compliance, bulk palletization standards, delivery timeliness, and food-safety certification; Oregon procurements explicitly apply in-state fabrication and headquarters preferences during evaluation.