UNSPSC 50405626: Long hot peppers

The variety of peppers known as long hot peppers

UNSPSC 50405626 Long hot peppers (Commodity) shows sparse direct activity targeting this specific produce item alone, with state and local procurement offices instead bundling long hot peppers into broader fresh produce and food-service solicitations. The code describes single vegetables or pepper varieties, but recent state and local opportunities frame purchasing at the category level—fresh produce, school nutrition supplies, child care meal components—rather than at the line-item pepper specificity. When long hot peppers do appear in state and local procurement, they are one line item among dozens in comprehensive produce bids serving school districts, correctional institutions, Head Start programs, and other public-sector food service operations. Work solicited under the broader family includes sourcing, quality verification, cold-chain delivery to multiple sites, compliance with USDA and HACCP standards, traceability documentation, and pricing adjustment mechanisms tied to commodity market indices.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, driven by school nutrition programs and state correctional food service. Georgia school districts—including Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and the GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 districts—have issued multiple fresh produce RFPs and IFBs since February 2026, with response dates clustered in April and May 2026. Texas procurement includes substantial food-service sourcing from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, McAllen Independent School District, Northside Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and Head Start of Greater Dallas, with bids due February through July 2026. Representative opportunities span school-year produce supply (Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST, fresh fruit and vegetable program, March 11, 2026 response; Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048, child nutrition fresh produce, May 7, 2026 response), correctional-institution bulk vegetable procurement (Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW241979-A for 1.2 million pounds of carrots, March 17, 2026 response), and cooperative purchasing arrangements that allow multiple jurisdictions to piggyback (Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 serving 30 Georgia districts, March 4, 2026 response, estimated Area One spending $4.4 million). Most school-district solicitations require weekly deliveries to 12–60 school sites, domestic sourcing preferences, HACCP certification, and pricing indexed to USDA market reports or terminal wholesale prices.