UNSPSC 50436317: Dried organic red jersey sweet potatoes

The variety of organic sweet potatoes known as organic red jersey sweet potatoes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436317 Dried organic red jersey sweet potatoes is a Commodity code that describes a single specialized produce line item, but recent state and local solicitations under this code do not reflect procurement of dried sweet potatoes. Instead, the code appears to tag institutional food-service bids for dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, and pinto beans—in bulk quantities for correctional facilities, educational programs, and state agencies. The actual scope of work across these opportunities centers on USDA-graded dried legumes meeting institutional food-safety and packaging standards, triple-cleaned and palletized for bulk institutional cooking and meal preparation at cafeterias, correctional kitchens, and child and adult care food programs.

Issuing bodies include state correctional departments and purchasing divisions, state agencies procuring for institutional meal services, and municipal entities managing child-care food programs. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the State of Illinois IVHQ program emerge as repeat purchasers. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division procures on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Geographically, recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Georgia Correctional Industries IFB for kidney beans (880-bag increments, response due October 9, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections RFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade requirements (response due June 19, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST), and the City of Edinburg, Texas RFP for CACFP meal program food and nonfood items including dried beans and proteins for 400 children ages 1–18 served daily with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 (response due August 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.). The code shows material activity but a notable mismatch between its nominal scope (dried organic red jersey sweet potatoes) and the dried-bean commodities actually being solicited.