UNSPSC 50435604: Dried organic russet potatoes

The variety of organic potatoes known as organic russet potatoes that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435604 Dried organic russet potatoes, a Commodity code, covers dehydrated or processed russet potato products that state and local government agencies purchase primarily for institutional food service operations including school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and municipal or county meal services. Recent solicitations show that this code overlaps with broader dried-goods and commodity procurement, though the source records indicate that state and local buyers are actually acquiring a much wider range of dried goods—including dried pinto and red beans, fresh produce, eggs, and comprehensive grocery and food-service items—under codes and solicitation notices that nominally reference specific dried-potato or commodity categories. The issuing bodies actively soliciting under related dried-goods and commodity categories span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), county school systems (Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County, Rockwood R-VI, and Fairfax County in Virginia), city and municipal governments (City of Edinburg, Texas), and special-purpose or cooperative purchasing entities (GEC Buying Cooperative in Georgia). School districts and state correctional departments emerge as repeat buyers across the recent opportunities block, with five separate school-district solicitations and two Oregon Department of Corrections bids for dried legumes posted between January and July 2026.

Activity in this commodity space concentrates in the South and West, particularly Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Missouri, with institutional buyers issuing RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs on monthly or quarterly cycles. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Edinburg, Texas Child and Adult Care Food Program (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) requesting food and nonfood items including dried goods for approximately 400 children; the Oregon Department of Corrections solicitation for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026, with a prior award at $0.43 per pound); the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri issuing a comprehensive grocery-items IFB (2026-2027, due April 29, 2026) spanning over 900 line items including grains and dried products for 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily; and the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB (2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring bidders to supply minimum 76 items across 52 schools and distribution centers. These solicitations typically require firm fixed pricing, Buy American compliance, USDA grade certification, food safety certifications (HACCP, FDA, Good Manufacturing Practice), minimum shelf-life warranties (typically six months to one year), and FOB Destination delivery with all freight prepaid. School nutrition programs dominate procurement volume, with contract values estimated in the millions (e.g., approximately $9,000,000 annually for Douglas County's main-line food distributor, approximately $4.4 million for Area One produce in a multi-county Georgia cooperative). Bid cycles show Q2 (March–May) and Q3 (June–August) concentration, reflecting school-year procurement planning.