UNSPSC 50436618: Dried organic valenciano squash

The variety of organic winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as organic valenciano squash that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436618 Dried organic valenciano squash, a Commodity code, describes specialty dried produce items that state and local governments procure primarily through school district child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other institutional food services. The recent solicitation record shows minimal activity specifically tagged to this code; most state and local procurement under dried-produce classifications captures broader dried-bean and general-grocery solicitations rather than specialty dried squash. The code's narrow focus on a single varietal of dried squash—valenciano—appears to reflect a specialized input that enters institutional food service through master-grocery or commodity-ingredient contracts rather than as a standalone line item.

State and local procurement under this code, where it appears, flows primarily through school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia), state departments of corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections), and county/municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Activity is concentrated in the South and Upper Midwest, with recent opportunities posted in Texas, Missouri, Georgia, Virginia, and Oregon between January and July 2026. Representative recent solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) covering 76 minimum line items across all food categories for 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens, and the Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 procurement (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 29, 2026) spanning over 900 line items with firm fixed pricing for the full contract term. Neither solicitation names dried valenciano squash explicitly in available documentation, indicating that specialty dried squash, if procured at all under this code, flows as part of larger commodity-ingredient aggregations rather than as a distinct procurement vehicle.