UNSPSC 50435801: Dried organic agar-agar

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic agar-agar that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435801 Dried organic agar-agar (Commodity) does not reflect the actual procurement activity state and local governments are conducting under this code. Recent solicitations tagged to this commodity code involve bulk staple food procurement—primarily dried beans, fresh produce, and comprehensive grocery supply for school nutrition, corrections, and child care food programs—rather than specialized gelling agents or organic agar-agar products. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments, state purchasing offices on behalf of state agencies, large school districts, county school systems, and municipal child nutrition programs. The mix includes Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state procurement, Georgia state purchasing, Texas Comptroller (on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and the City of Edinburg (Texas). No recent opportunities explicitly solicit dried organic agar-agar; instead, the code appears to have been misapplied to routine food-service purchasing.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois. Representative solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016233 for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026; the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026017 for CACFP meal program supplies (beverages, food products, paper goods, janitorial supplies) due August 4, 2026; the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across proteins, dairy, grains, and staples with response due May 4, 2026; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 due April 27, 2026; Rockwood School District's grocery items bid for 2026–27 due April 29, 2026; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution services with approximately $9 million annual expenditure due February 18, 2026. The code shows substantial procurement volume but systematic misclassification—vendors pursuing this code should verify the actual commodity scope with issuing authorities rather than relying on the UNSPSC taxonomy label.