UNSPSC 50435806: Dried organic irish moss

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic irish moss that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435806 Dried organic irish moss (Commodity) does not match the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code. The code nominally covers dried seaweed product, but the most-recent opportunities are predominantly bids for dried beans — kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans — and broader food-supply contracts serving correctional institutions, schools, and state agencies. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the source data or a misalignment between the code's stated scope and how state and local procurement offices are using it for institutional food procurement.

The actual work being solicited under this code involves bulk dried-bean procurement for institutional meal programs and correctional food services, typically in single-source or multi-line-item RFQs and IFBs with response windows of one to three weeks. Issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Correctional Industries, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office), state procurement offices (Georgia, Oregon), and municipal entities administering child-nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Oregon and Texas see the heaviest recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 RFQ for approximately 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned dried pinto and red beans (response deadline June 19, 2026) with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation credit, Georgia Correctional Industries' October 2026 RFQ for kidney beans in 880-bag increments (response deadline October 9, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multi-line cafeteria food-products IFB (response deadline May 4, 2026, extended via addendum) encompassing 382 line items including dried beans across multiple Texas warehouse locations. Delivery-included, all-in pricing and compliance with USDA grading standards are standard requirements across opportunities.