UNSPSC 50435814: Dried organic spirulina

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

UNSPSC 50435814 Dried organic spirulina (Commodity) covers specialty dried food ingredients for institutional meal programs and correctional food service, though the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly tagged to this code. The opportunities that do appear under related dried-bean and institutional-food codes reveal that state and local governments procure bulk dried proteins—kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans—for correctional facilities, child-care food programs, and state agency meal services. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and agriculture, state purchasing offices coordinating multi-agency procurement, city and county food-service programs, and institutional distributors serving detention facilities and educational settings. The work involves meeting USDA grading standards, FDA compliance certification, food-safety documentation, and bulk delivery in specified packaging and portion sizes, often with triple-cleaned or equivalent quality specifications and shelf-life requirements.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Georgia Correctional Industries, Georgia Statewide Purchasing), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Oregon purchasing), Illinois (state food procurement), and Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division and city programs like Edinburg). Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) with a 10% state-preference evaluation modifier for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered bidders, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items including proteins and grains (304T26300CF, extended response due May 4, 2026), and Georgia Correctional Industries' October 2026 RFQ for kidney beans in 880-bag increments (92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026). No recent opportunities are tagged directly to the spirulina commodity code; the code shows little relevant current activity in the state and local procurement database.