UNSPSC 50405628: Pasilla peppers

The variety of peppers known as pasilla peppers

UNSPSC 50405628 Pasilla peppers (Commodity) represents a narrow produce category within institutional food service procurement, but recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code show little direct demand for pasilla peppers specifically. Instead, the code appears misaligned with actual procurement activity—the opportunities citing pasilla peppers are part of broad fresh-produce-and-food-service RFPs where pasilla peppers, if mentioned at all, are one line item among dozens in comprehensive vegetable assortments. School districts, state departments, and child-nutrition programs are the primary institutional buyers, with solicitations emphasizing general fresh-produce supply contracts that typically include bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and root vegetables rather than specialty or ethnic pepper varieties. Issuing bodies span Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Henry County, Dougherty County, Savannah-Chatham), Texas school districts (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Austin Independent School District, McAllen Independent School District), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), and state-level procurements through Texas TDCJ and the State of Georgia. The mix reflects fragmentation across regional school nutrition programs and institutional food-service operations.

Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District (San Antonio) issuing RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 117 campuses five days per week with USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance and pricing based on USDA Specialty Crops Terminal Markets Standard Reports (proposal due May 7, 2026); Bulloch County Schools issuing IFP for locally-grown produce within 200 miles with 24 produce items for Farm to School programming (proposal due May 4, 2026); and Austin Independent School District issuing RFP 26RFP034 for fresh produce and beverages with emphasis on the Good Food Purchasing Program, third-party-logistics prohibition, and Texas-grown preference (proposal due March 11, 2026). A Georgia state procurement (IFB #4 2027-2026) and Texas TDCJ solicitations (IW253099 and IW253121) for bulk white potatoes and sweet potatoes for canning show institutional scale but target commodity staples rather than specialty peppers. Activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia and Florida school systems) and Texas; pasilla peppers as a specified line item do not surface in the available opportunity summaries, indicating minimal dedicated demand or commodity-specific procurement under this code at the state and local level. Vendors pursuing this code should expect to compete as part of broad fresh-produce and institutional food-service supply agreements rather than through pasilla-specific tenders.