UNSPSC 50436502: Dried organic golden ball turnips

The variety of organic turnips known as organic golden ball turnips that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436502 Dried organic golden ball turnips, a Commodity code, shows little recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The source records six recent state and local opportunities tagged under or near this code, but five procure dried beans (kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans) or broader food-supply categories for institutional meal service, cafeteria operations, and correctional facilities. Only one opportunity—the Oregon Department of Corrections procurement for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026—closely parallels the code's dried-legume classification, though it specifies beans rather than turnips. The Oregon solicitation requires triple-cleaned product meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards, palletized delivery to Salem within 45 days of purchase order, minimum one-year shelf life, and FDA/USDA/HACCP compliance, with a combined 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated and Oregon-headquartered suppliers and a historical price of $0.493 per pound. The code appears misaligned with current state and local procurement activity rather than underutilized; issuing bodies soliciting dried legumes and institutional food supplies are tagging opportunities under broader commodity families or specific bean varieties rather than under dried turnips.

Geographic activity centers on Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with no recent opportunities actually soliciting dried turnips. Oregon and Georgia each appear twice in the recent-opportunities block—Oregon with the pinto and red beans procurement and an earlier dried black beans solicitation due August 21, 2026, and Georgia with a kidney beans bid due October 9, 2026 from Georgia Correctional Industries and a broader food-supplies procurement due June 22, 2026. Texas issued a large cafeteria food products IFB by the Statewide Procurement Division on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with response due May 4, 2026 following a pre-bid conference on March 26, 2026. Illinois solicited weekly food supply for July–September under FY-27 IVHQ with bids due June 26, 2026. The City of Edinburg, Texas, issued an RFP for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service (RFP 2026-017) due August 11, 2026 with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. No opportunities in the source record solicit dried turnips or products under the stated UNSPSC code name.