UNSPSC 50435703: Dried organic best of all rutabagas

The variety of organic rutabagas known as organic best of all rutabagas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435703 Dried organic best of all rutabagas, a Commodity code, nominally addresses dried root vegetables, but recent state and local solicitation activity under this code bears little relationship to the code's stated scope. The opportunities posted show state and local governments procuring dried beans (kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans), cafeteria and institutional food products, and child care meal-program supplies—protein staples and bulk institutional food items used for correctional facilities, child nutrition programs, and state agency food service, not dried rutabagas. The issuing bodies are state departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, State of Oregon, State of Illinois, Texas Comptroller on behalf of Texas Department of Criminal Justice) and municipalities (City of Edinburg, Texas), reflecting the institutional meal-service demand that actually drives activity under this code tag. The code appears to be a miscategorization vehicle or a legacy taxonomy assignment that state procurement offices use for bulk dried-goods procurement across multiple food categories without strict adherence to the nominal commodity name.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southwest and Upper Midwest, with Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois posting the most recent solicitations. Representative opportunities include Georgia Correctional Industries requesting kidney beans in increments of 880 bags with delivery due October 9, 2026 (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027); the City of Edinburg, Texas, soliciting food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children daily (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051); the State of Oregon requesting approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a 10% combined Oregon-fabrication and headquarters preference, FOB destination to Salem within 45 days (bid due June 19, 2026, at $0.493 per pound from the prior incumbent); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts, issuing an IFB for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with delivery to six distribution points, original response due April 21, 2026, extended via addendum to May 4, 2026.