UNSPSC 50405620: Finger hot peppers

The variety of peppers known as finger hot peppers

UNSPSC 50405620 Finger hot peppers (Commodity tier) represents a narrow product line within the broader fresh produce category, but recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show minimal direct demand for finger peppers specifically; instead, the code captures a small slice of larger institutional produce procurements where peppers—including bell peppers and hot pepper varieties—appear as line items within comprehensive fresh vegetable bid scopes serving school nutrition, senior services, and institutional food operations. State and local buyers procuring under this code are predominantly school districts and school food authorities (the dominant issuing-body type), supported by state departments of criminal justice, county school systems, independent school districts, and one senior services department. The work solicited consists of fresh produce sourcing and delivery for USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable-compliant meal programs, institutional food service for correctional facilities, and senior center meal distribution, with vendors required to meet federal food safety standards, HACCP compliance, Buy American provisions, and detailed packaging and traceability specifications. Most opportunities specify weekly or bi-weekly delivery to multiple school or institutional sites with temperature-controlled refrigeration, and pricing is typically quoted on a per-unit or per-case basis with costs inclusive of packing and transportation.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, where school districts and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have posted the majority of fresh produce solicitations in the first half of 2026. Representative opportunities include the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP 26039RFQDST posted April 13, 2026, serving 18 elementary schools with specialty fruits and vegetables in 50-unit cases twice weekly (proposal deadline March 11, 2026); the Dougherty County Board of Education (Albany, Georgia) sealed bid for 40 produce line items due June 16, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.; the Douglas County School System GEC Buying Cooperative RFP for 72 produce line items across two Georgia geographic areas (30 districts, ~$5.5 million estimated annual spend) with proposals due March 4, 2026; and the Austin Independent School District RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and a la carte beverages (Travis County area, proposal deadline March 11, 2026). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple narrow-scope commodity IFBs for carrots, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes at response deadlines ranging from June to March 2026. No recent opportunities name finger peppers explicitly as a primary procurement focus; most references to hot or bell peppers occur as one line item within multi-hundred-item grocery or produce bid schedules, signaling that standalone finger pepper demand at the state and local level is modest relative to other produce categories and is typically bundled into larger food service contracts rather than procured separately.