UNSPSC 50436815: Dried organic carob

The type of organic vegetable known as organic carob that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436815 Dried organic carob, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity; the single sourced opportunity does not reflect demand for the code's nominal product. State and local buyers across the region are actively soliciting dried legumes and bulk food staples — dried pinto beans, red beans, and general grocery supply — but none of the recent postings explicitly request dried organic carob. The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026, and S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026), specifying triple-cleaned beans meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade, FOB destination delivery to Salem with 45-day lead times, and a combined 10 percent evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered vendors. These high-volume solicitations (127,500 pounds and 42,500 pounds respectively) indicate institutional demand for shelf-stable, bulk legume products in the correctional and institutional food-service space, yet neither names carob as a line item.

Geographic and issuing-body concentration reflects school nutrition and institutional food service across the South and West. School districts dominate the recent opportunity set: Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County and Savannah-Chatham County public schools (Georgia), and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) have all posted solicitations for master grocery, child nutrition, and produce contracts in the past five months, driven by July 1 fiscal-year starts and annual renewal cycles. State corrections and USDA commodity-support programs drive secondary demand through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (IFB 304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026) and the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP meal program (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026). No vendor should expect narrow carob-specific demand from this code; the activity pattern suggests pursuing it only if carob appears explicitly in a particular RFP's scope or line-item listing.