UNSPSC 50405634: Serrano peppers

The variety of peppers known as serrano peppers

UNSPSC 50405634 Serrano peppers is a Commodity code that names a single fresh produce line item. State and local governments rarely procure serrano peppers as a standalone line, and the recent opportunities dataset shows no direct solicitations for this pepper variety alone. Instead, state and local food service operations—institutional dining at correctional facilities, state residential centers, school districts, and senior centers—procure fresh vegetables and peppers as part of broader produce, grocery, or food service contracts. When peppers appear in recent solicitations, they are bundled with dozens of other produce items: green bell peppers specified by the Illinois Department of Corrections at Joliet Treatment Center, generic peppers listed in Texas Health and Human Services Commission food service grocery bids, and unspecified pepper varieties in state school nutrition program produce procurement. Serrano peppers specifically do not surface in the accessible recent opportunities, indicating either minimal demand under this particular code or bundling under broader produce family codes where fresh peppers are commodity-level line items within larger food service contracts.

Issuing bodies across the sample include Texas state agencies (HHSC, TDCJ), Illinois state agencies (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), school districts in Georgia and Wisconsin, and county- and municipal-level food service operations in Florida and Texas. The geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, where TDCJ and HHSC conduct repeated fresh vegetable and prepared-food solicitations for correctional and residential facilities on rolling schedules throughout the year. Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County) and Illinois state agencies round out recent activity. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's August 2026 bids for consumables and food service groceries at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017872, due August 25, 2026) and the Illinois Department of Corrections' August 2026 quote request for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, small business set-aside), both of which specify green bell peppers among multiple produce line items but do not isolate serrano peppers. Pursuit under this specific commodity code is not recommended without confirmation of direct end-user demand; broader produce family codes or grocery commodity codes are the practical entry point for pepper sales to state and local food service operations.