UNSPSC 50435605: Dried organic purple potatoes

The variety of organic potatoes known as organic purple potatoes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435605 Dried organic purple potatoes is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code buy dried organic potato products as ingredients and staple items for institutional food service operations, particularly child nutrition programs, school districts, corrections facilities, and other public agencies operating large-scale meal services. The recent solicitations show that dried beans and other dehydrated legumes dominate current procurement activity tagged to this code family, with dried pinto beans, dried red beans, and fresh produce representing the bulk of recent state and local bids rather than dried purple potatoes specifically. School districts, state corrections departments, and county school systems are the primary issuing bodies, supplemented by municipal child care programs and state purchasing divisions acting on behalf of larger agencies. Institutions require these products in bulk quantities with strict USDA grade and food safety compliance, firm fixed pricing over multi-month or annual contract periods, and scheduled weekly or daily deliveries to central warehouses or individual facility locations.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Missouri, with visible procurement from state departments of corrections, large urban school districts, and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple districts. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections soliciting approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division issuing Invitation for Bid 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas (extended response due May 4, 2026). The Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited bids for over 900 line items in child nutrition services grocery items covering July 2026 through June 2027 (electronic bid deadline April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS), and the Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution services to serve approximately 25,500 students with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (proposals due February 18, 2026). These procurements typically carry no specific disadvantaged-enterprise set-asides, require minimum three to five years of vendor experience, demand commercial general liability insurance ranging from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, and are structured as firm fixed-price contracts with optional renewal periods extending one to three additional years.