UNSPSC 50405622: Guerro peppers

The variety of peppers known as guerro peppers

UNSPSC 50405622 Guerro peppers, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of fresh peppers as individual food products or components within broader produce and food-service solicitations. State and local governments buy guerro peppers (and similar fresh produce) primarily through food-service contracts for institutional cafeterias, kitchens, and dining programs at state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, and senior services programs. The work involves supply and delivery of fresh produce meeting USDA or facility-specific quality standards, often with bi-weekly or weekly delivery cadences, temperature-control requirements, and traceability documentation by farm of origin or lot number.

Issuing bodies span Texas state agencies (Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice), Illinois state departments (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), school districts in Georgia (Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Bryan County Schools) and Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Florida county governments (Collier County), and specialty food-service nonprofits (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears as a repeat buyer, issuing multiple recent solicitations for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to warehouse and facility locations. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin, with scattered activity in Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables and prepared foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple RFQ opportunities for fresh fruit and vegetables to Snyder Food Warehouse and Wynne Food Warehouse (responses due October 14, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections' RFQ for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center with a small business set-aside (quotes due September 3, 2026); and the Bartow County School System's RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles (proposals due June 22, 2026).