UNSPSC 50405605: Cubanelles peppers

The variety of peppers known as cubanelles peppers

UNSPSC 50405605 Cubanelles peppers (Commodity) represents a narrow produce line item that state and local governments buy as part of broader food service procurement for institutional dining, school nutrition programs, and correctional facility meal operations. Recent solicitations show cubanelles and related peppers embedded within larger food service contracts rather than as standalone line items—appearing as one produce option among dozens in comprehensive grocery, produce, or food service solicitations. State and local buyers acquire cubanelles primarily through institutional food service vendors supplying state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school districts, and mental health centers, with delivery requirements tied to USDA quality and freshness standards, food safety compliance, and specific packaging or portion specifications.

Issuing bodies span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state-supported living centers), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (correctional facility food warehouses), state departments of mental health, school districts (including Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Bartow County Schools and Bryan County Schools in Georgia, and others), and county/municipal food service operations. Recent procurement activity clusters heavily in Texas and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (response due October 23, 2026, IFB), which specified peppers as one of 22 line items with estimated annual usage of 1–24 cases; Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitations IW267420 (Snyder Food Warehouse) and IW267411 (Wynne Food Warehouse) requesting fresh fruit and vegetables (responses due October 14, 2026); and Bartow County School System RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (responses due June 22, 2026). The code shows consistent activity tied to institutional meal service cycles and federal nutrition program requirements, with no recent standalone cubanelle pepper procurements identified in the source material.