UNSPSC 50436848: Dried organic palm hearts

The type of organic vegetable known as organic palm hearts that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50436848 Dried organic palm hearts (Commodity) does not reflect the actual procurement activity in recent state and local solicitations. The code is nominally for a single specialty ingredient, but the recent opportunities tagged under it involve broad food service procurement — child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, school districts, and state agencies sourcing hundreds of line items spanning proteins, produce, dairy, grains, beverages, and staples for meal service delivery. The mismatch is systematic: Oregon Department of Corrections solicitations for dried pinto and red beans, Texas TDCJ for cafeteria food products across 382 line items, Fairfax County Public Schools for master grocery K-12 supply, and Rockwood R-VI School District for over 900 line items of grocery items have all been tagged with this code despite bearing no relationship to dried organic palm hearts. No recent solicitations in the source actually request dried organic palm hearts.

State and local activity under this code tag spans state corrections departments, school districts of varying sizes (from Rockwood R-VI serving under 19,000 students to Fairfax County serving a large metropolitan area), city governments (City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP meal program), and regional food service cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). Geographic distribution includes Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Illinois, with school nutrition programs and institutional food service dominating the recent opportunities. Representative solicitations include the Texas TDCJ IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products (response due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), Rockwood R-VI School District's CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027 IFB for over 900 grocery line items (due April 29, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026), and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution to 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (due February 18, 2026). The code shows active procurement volume but reflects a cataloging error rather than meaningful commodity alignment.