UNSPSC 50327024: Dried pepinos

The type of fruit known as pepinos that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50327024 Dried pepinos (Commodity) encompasses dried pepper products purchased by state and local school nutrition programs and institutional food services. The recent opportunities show that this code is tagged for general dried vegetable and specialty produce procurement by school districts and state institutional buyers, though the solicitations actually posted span broad fresh and processed produce categories rather than dried pepinos specifically. Issuing bodies include county school boards, city boards of education, state departments, and state correctional institutions procuring through their procurement divisions or comptroller offices. The actual buying under this code appears driven by school lunch programs seeking diverse fresh produce under Buy American requirements and institutional foodservice operations supplying correctional facilities and other state agencies.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026, due June 26, for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items including peppers, berries, citrus, and root vegetables for the 2026–27 school year, with delivery to three school sites and contract pricing firm through June 30, 2027. The State of Georgia posted an IFB on May 15, 2026, due June 22, for food supplies and kitchen products without detailed scope visible in the posted notice. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026, for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products to supply five geographic distribution areas across Texas, with delivery FOB destination and an initial contract term through August 31, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases posted an IFB on June 2, 2026, due June 26, for 115 line items of commodities to supply the Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center, requiring MBE/CBE certification eligibility and firm pricing through June 30, 2027.