UNSPSC 50436816: Dried organic cha-om

The type of organic vegetable known as organic cha-om that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436816 Dried organic cha-om, a Commodity code, does not reflect actual state and local government procurement activity in the recent opportunity record. The code's nominal scope—dried organic cha-om, a Southeast Asian herb—does not align with any of the thirteen most recent solicitations tagged under this code. Instead, those opportunities span bread-and-butter institutional food service: school district grocery and produce procurement, correctional facility bulk dried beans, and child nutrition program meal supply. State and local agencies are not sourcing dried organic cha-om; they are buying dried pinto and red beans by the ton, fresh produce by the case, and cafeteria staples by the line item to feed students, incarcerated persons, and participants in federally regulated child nutrition programs.

The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state correctional agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections issuing two separate bean procurements in March and June 2026), and state procurement divisions on behalf of other state agencies (Texas Comptroller for TDCJ, State of Georgia, State of Illinois). The geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 IFB for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) and the Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026), both emphasizing bulk food commodities and firm fixed pricing over contract terms of one to three years. This code exhibits low relevance to current state and local procurement; the taxonomy-to-opportunity mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in the state or local procurement system or that cha-om has no practical demand signal in this market.