UNSPSC 50433811: Dried organic venetian/italian garlic

The variety of organic garlic known as organic venetian/italian garlic that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50433811 Dried organic venetian/italian garlic is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it show little activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. Instead, solicitations tagged to this code cover dried beans (kidney beans, pinto beans, red beans, and black beans) procured for institutional meal programs, correctional facilities, and state agencies. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are the issuing bodies represented in recent postings. The work involves bulk procurement of food staples for cafeteria and meal-service operations, with specifications emphasizing USDA grading standards, food-safety compliance, triple-cleaning requirements for beans, and FOB-destination delivery to institutional distribution centers or feeding sites. Bids are submitted electronically through state procurement portals or registered systems, with response deadlines typically two to four weeks from posting.

Activity concentrates in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026), with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation applied and incumbent pricing at $0.493 per pound; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five geographic warehouse areas, extended to May 4, 2026, and subject to a 1.5 percent SmartBuy administrative fee; and Georgia Correctional Industries' October 2026 RFQ for kidney beans in 880-bag increments, due October 9, 2026, with all-inclusive pricing and no separate freight reimbursement. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted an August 2026 RFP for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal supplies covering beverages, paper goods, food products, and janitorial items, with local-vendor preference and Texas Department of Agriculture pre-award review. The code shows active but narrow recent utilization—the mismatch between the code name and actual commodity purchased suggests either historical miscoding or a data-entry error in the state and local procurement registries.