UNSPSC 50405621: Guajillo peppers

The variety of peppers known as guajillo peppers

UNSPSC 50405621 Guajillo peppers is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities do not reflect sustained procurement activity specific to guajillo peppers. School districts, state agencies, and county boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri are actively soliciting fresh produce for child nutrition programs, but the opportunities shown target broader vegetable assortments—carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers (generically), potatoes, and leafy greens—rather than specialty chile varieties. Two Texas Department of Criminal Justice procurements explicitly named carrots (IFB IW253079, June 23, 2026, due date) and white potatoes (IFB IW253099, June 23, 2026, due date), and TDCJ has issued multiple institutional food service bids for bulk commodity vegetables suitable for canning and institutional cooking. The issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Comptroller, Georgia, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), large school districts (Northside ISD San Antonio, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools Tampa, Savannah-Chatham County), county boards of education (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County in Georgia; Early County Schools Georgia), smaller districts (Rockwood R-VI Missouri, Meriden Connecticut), and specialized programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of San Antonio senior nutrition, Madison Metropolitan School District). Geographic activity clusters in Georgia (ten separate school districts and state procurements), Texas (five TDCJ and school district procurements), and scattered activity in Florida, Missouri, and Connecticut.

The recent opportunities frame fresh produce procurement around USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance, school-year seasonal delivery cycles (July through June), weekly or twice-weekly delivery to multiple sites, Buy American and domestic-sourcing preferences, local-produce set-asides (Georgia school districts emphasize 200–400 mile sourcing radius; Texas districts offer geographic preference to Texas-grown items), and fixed-price or cost-plus pricing structures tied to USDA terminal market reports or CPI indices. Representative solicitations include the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (GEC Buying Cooperative, approximately $4.4 million Area One, March 4, 2026 due date) encompassing 72 produce line items across 30 districts; Northside ISD RFP 2026-048 (San Antonio, fresh produce for child nutrition, May 7, 2026 due) requiring HACCP certification and Texas-grown preferences; and Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST (Tampa, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, March 11, 2026 due) seeking pre-packaged produce in 50-unit cases for elementary students. Guajillo peppers—a specialty dried chile—do not appear in any listed bid scope. The code shows minimal relevance to current state and local institutional food service demand, which prioritizes fresh commodity vegetables, not specialty chiles or processed pepper products. Vendors in the guajillo pepper supply chain should monitor TDCJ and large Texas school district bids for potential inclusion in broader pepper categories, but sustained activity under this specific code is not evident in the recent posting cycle.