UNSPSC 50434818: Dried organic st george's mushrooms

The variety of organic mushrooms known as organic st george's mushrooms that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50434818 Dried organic st george's mushrooms is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes specialty dried mushrooms, but the recent opportunities tagged to this code do not align with the commodity scope—instead, they capture broad food service procurement for schools, correctional facilities, and child nutrition programs. The actual solicitations under this code span general grocery supply (proteins, produce, dairy, grains, beverages, and staple items), fresh produce (apples, bananas, vegetables, citrus, potatoes, and eggs), dried legumes (pinto and red beans), and cafeteria food products for institutional meal service. The mismatch between the code's nominal description and the work actually being solicited suggests either miscoding in the issuing bodies' procurement systems or that this commodity code serves as a catch-all for institutional food procurement at state and local levels. Issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Muscogee County and Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia, and the Douglas County School System), state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois, and Georgia), and municipalities (City of Edinburg, Texas). No standout repeat buyer emerges from the recent opportunities, though Georgia and Texas school systems and state agencies appear across multiple solicitations.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and South—Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Oregon—with secondary activity in Virginia and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323, bid due April 27, 2026) for delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items (RFP, bid due April 29, 2026) for over 900 line items across snacks, produce, dairy, and prepared entrees; Oregon Department of Corrections' dried pinto and red beans procurement (ITB S2910000017140, bid due June 19, 2026) for 42,500 pounds; and Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP (26-003, proposals due February 18, 2026) with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000. Most solicitations employ firm fixed pricing, require full compliance with USDA and FDA standards, mandate refrigerated delivery on specified schedules (typically Monday–Friday daytime windows), and include insurance and federal compliance certifications. School nutrition procurements dominate the recent activity, with meal-service volumes ranging from 400 children daily in Texas to 32,000 meals daily in Georgia.