UNSPSC 50434112: Dried organic lemon grass

The variety of organic herbs known as organic lemon grass that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50434112 Dried organic lemon grass is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect a broader institutional food-procurement pattern centered on dried legumes and bulk food supplies for correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and state agencies rather than lemon grass itself. State and local governments are buying dried beans—pinto, red, black, and kidney varieties—in quantities ranging from 42,500 pounds to 880-bag increments, typically for institutional meal service, cafeteria operations, and correctional-facility food programs. The issuing bodies are diverse: state correctional departments and purchasing divisions (Georgia Department of Corrections Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state education or food-service agencies, and city governments operating child nutrition programs. Correctional facilities and institutional food service appear to be the primary buyers, with standing procurements for high-volume dried legume supply.

Georgia, Oregon, and Texas dominate recent activity under this code, with a June 2026 Oregon Department of Corrections bid for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (IFB S2910000017705, due June 19, 2026) representing a representative high-volume procurement; the same state posted a second bid for dried black beans in August 2026 (S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026). Georgia Correctional Industries posted an RFQ for kidney beans in increments of 880 bags with a due date of October 9, 2026 (92100ERFQ0020612027), specifying all-inclusive delivery pricing and electronic PDF submission. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with a May 4, 2026 response deadline (304T26300CF), encompassing diverse food categories but notably including dried legumes as line items. Illinois and the City of Edinburg, Texas also appear as issuing bodies, though with less specificity in available records. The code shows fragmented activity across multiple states with no single jurisdiction dominating, and bidders should note that state-level preferences (such as Oregon's 10% combined evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered vendors) and local-vendor preferences (as applied by Edinburg under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051) are common in these procurements.