UNSPSC 50405609: Manzano peppers

The variety of peppers known as manzano peppers

UNSPSC 50405609 Manzano peppers is a Commodity code representing a single produce line item that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, correction facilities, and senior services as part of broader fresh fruit and vegetable contracts or standalone institutional food service bids. Recent solicitations show manzano peppers embedded in larger produce procurements serving K–12 school districts, detention facilities, and community nutrition programs rather than as standalone line items.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with activity concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include the Bartow County School System (Georgia) RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables with a June 22, 2026 proposal deadline, the McAllen Independent School District (Texas) RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce with a March 6, 2026 deadline, the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP with a March 11, 2026 deadline, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW241979-A for carrots and IFB IW253121 for sweet potatoes (both June 23, 2026 deadlines). While manzano peppers appear in the taxonomy, recent opportunities do not isolate them as a distinct line item; instead, they are subsumed within institutional fresh produce categories that typically specify apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and seasonal varieties. The code shows little independent procurement activity—manzano peppers compete as one option within weighted price and quality evaluations dominated by commodity staples and volume standardization tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service pricing benchmarks and school meal program compliance.