UNSPSC 50405640: Limo chili peppers

Variety of chili peppers known as limo chili peppers

UNSPSC 50405640 Limo chili peppers, a Commodity code, does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under the recent opportunities tagged with this code. The posting indicates fresh chili peppers as the nominal product, yet the recent solicitations overwhelmingly seek fresh produce—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, and dozens of other fruits and vegetables—for school nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facilities. A single TDCJ potato procurement (IW253099, IW253121) and one carrot bid (IW241979, IW253079) tangentially align with produce procurement, but the broader pattern shows school districts, county boards of education, and state agencies sourcing mixed fresh-produce baskets rather than peppers. The code shows little decision-relevant recent activity aligned to its nominal scope.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with the Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Austin ISD (Texas), and numerous Georgia county boards of education (Glynn, Henry, Liberty, Bulloch, Bryan, Douglas, Dougherty, Muscogee) posting RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce to support child nutrition and farm-to-school programs. Head Start of Greater Dallas, the City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice also solicit under similar produce codes, though most activity concentrates in school food service. Geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia and Texas, with notable activity in Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Connecticut. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for 5,900 weekly servings, due July 29, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFQDST (USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce for 18 elementary schools, proposals due March 11, 2026), the Douglas County School System's GEC cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia districts ($4.4 million estimated for Area One, proposals due March 4, 2026), and TDCJ's IFB IW241979-A for 1,200 tons of carrots (bids due March 17, 2026). Most school-district solicitations require weekly or twice-weekly delivery, HACCP certification, compliance with USDA Buy American provisions, and pricing anchored to market indices or fixed unit rates. Set-asides and local-vendor preferences appear in some Georgia and Texas school RFPs, and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as GEC and Texas Statewide Procurement are in active use.