UNSPSC 50405606: Fresno peppers

The variety of peppers known as fresno peppers

UNSPSC 50405606 Fresno peppers is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresno peppers as individual produce line items within larger food-service contracts for institutional dining, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities, typically bundled with other fresh vegetables and condiments rather than as standalone commodity purchases. Recent solicitations show fresno peppers appearing incidentally in broader produce or food-service specifications—most notably in the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's consumables bids for state-supported living centers (HHS0018082, HHS0017872, HHS0017799, HHS0017798) where peppers are listed alongside frozen vegetables, sauces, and kitchen supplies. The issuing bodies are primarily state health and human services agencies, state correctional departments, school nutrition programs, and county or municipal food-service operations. Texas agencies dominate recent activity, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple overlapping solicitations for fresh produce and consumables. School districts in Georgia and Illinois, county corrections facilities, and city senior-services programs also solicit fresh produce that would encompass peppers as component items.

Geographic concentration in recent opportunities spans Texas (state-supported living centers in Lufkin and Mexia, TDCJ warehouse locations), Georgia (Bartow County, Bryan County, Dougherty County school systems), Illinois (Joliet Treatment Center, Madden Mental Health Center), and Florida (Collier County). The representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), which lists peppers among 22 line items for canteen and campus operations; the Illinois Department of Corrections' RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (due September 3, 2026, small-business set-aside), specifying green bell peppers at 35–45 pounds per case; and the Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce (due June 16, 2026), encompassing 40 produce items for 24 school-nutrition sites with unit-price bidding and firm pricing across the contract term. Fresno peppers as a specific commodity do not appear prominently in isolated line items; pursuit under this code requires bidding as part of comprehensive fresh-produce or food-service bundles rather than single-item contracts.