UNSPSC 50433907: Dried organic smooth loofah

The variety of organic gourds known as organic smooth loofah that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50433907 Dried organic smooth loofah is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of dried food products—specifically legumes, grains, and bulk staple items—for institutional food service operations. The recent solicitations under this code reveal minimal activity directly aligned with the nominal product (dried organic loofah); instead, the code is being applied to much broader dried-goods procurement including dried beans, pinto beans, and general grocery supply for schools, corrections departments, and child nutrition programs. State and local buyers using this code span school districts of varying sizes, state departments of corrections, state purchasing offices procuring on behalf of multiple agencies, county school systems, and municipal child nutrition programs. The issuing bodies include the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division), multiple Georgia school districts (Douglas County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County), Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood School District in Missouri, and the City of Edinburg, Texas. Dried beans and legumes appear most frequently in the recent record, with Oregon Department of Corrections posting two separate solicitations for dried pinto beans (127,500 pounds in March 2026 and 42,500 pounds in June 2026) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products including dried staples.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest, with recent solicitations from Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Missouri. Texas shows the heaviest activity, with the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division soliciting for TDCJ's cafeteria food products (IFB 304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026) and the City of Edinburg requesting food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program (RFP2026017, due August 4, 2026). Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two dried-bean solicitations with response dates of March 20, 2026 and June 19, 2026. Georgia school districts—Douglas County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County—have solicited fresh produce and eggs, dried goods, and main-line food distribution services through both individual RFPs and cooperative-purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative, with response dates spanning February through April 2026. Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia issued a Master Grocery K-12 IFB (2000004323, due April 27, 2026) for 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens. Rockwood School District in Missouri solicited grocery items encompassing over 900 line items for the 2026-27 school year (due April 29, 2026). The code shows steady activity but carries a significant caveat: the nominal product (dried organic smooth loofah) does not appear in any recent solicitation, indicating either miscoding by issuing bodies or a fundamental mismatch between the commodity definition and actual procurement practice. Vendors pursuing this code should verify the actual scope expected by each issuing body rather than relying on the code name alone.