UNSPSC 50433511: Dried organic long purple eggplants

The variety of organic eggplants known as organic long purple eggplants that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50433511 Dried organic long purple eggplants is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it show almost no activity buying dried eggplants; instead, the code captures a broad mix of food procurement by schools, corrections departments, and child nutrition programs across the country. The actual buying reflects general grocery supply, fresh produce, dried beans, and meal-service support rather than any identifiable demand for the specific commodity named. State and local government activity under this code is dominated by school districts and state agencies (primarily corrections and education departments) seeking to stock cafeterias, meal programs, and child nutrition services. These buyers solicit through RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for large-volume food contracts covering proteins, grains, fresh and frozen produce, dairy, beverages, and dry goods delivered on firm, fixed-price terms with weekly or daily delivery windows and compliance with USDA, HACCP, and nutritional standards.

The geographic spread of recent solicitations spans Texas (City of Edinburg CACFP meal program and TDCJ cafeteria foods), Illinois (state FY-27 quarterly food order), Oregon (ODOC dried beans), Georgia (state fresh produce IFB, Douglas County School System produce and distribution, Muscogee County School District fresh produce, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System fresh produce), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District grocery items). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP meal program RFP (due August 4, 2026) for beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items serving 400 children daily with local-vendor preference; the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (bids due March 20, 2026) with a 10 percent Oregon-preference evaluation adjustment; Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026) covering direct delivery to 45 schools plus warehouse fulfillment across one-year terms with renewal options; and the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services solicitation for 900+ grocery items (due April 29, 2026) supporting 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily. The mismatch between the code's stated commodity (dried organic long purple eggplants) and the actual buying reflected in recent solicitations suggests either persistent miscoding at the state and local level or that this particular code is not a primary or reliable signal for dried-vegetable procurement in the state and local space.