UNSPSC 50415534: Organic serrano peppers

The variety of organic peppers known as organic serrano peppers

UNSPSC 50415534 Organic serrano peppers is a Commodity code that represents a single fresh produce line item, but state and local procurement offices are not currently soliciting organic serrano peppers specifically. Instead, the recent opportunities record shows state and local governments buying fresh produce broadly—including apples, bananas, peppers, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, leafy greens, berries, citrus, potatoes, and eggs—as part of school nutrition programs, child nutrition initiatives, and institutional food service operations. School districts dominate the buyer base, with individual district solicitations ranging from Early County Board of Education in Georgia (serving three schools) to Northside Independent School District in Texas (serving 127 schools and the fourth-largest public school system in the state) to McAllen Independent School District (serving 20,000 students across 31 campuses). State purchasing offices in Georgia and Missouri also appear as buyers, and the Douglas County School System is procuring on behalf of 30 school districts across two geographic areas through the GEC Buying Cooperative. Solicitations are structured as RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs, with awards typically made on a line-item basis to multiple vendors and contracts spanning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 school years with renewal options.

The geographic footprint includes Georgia (where the majority of recent activity clusters), Texas, Missouri, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education issuing an RFP for food vendors due June 8, 2026, with line-by-line bids for approximately 300 food items spanning meats, poultry, dairy, vegetables, fruits, and grains; Northside Independent School District in San Antonio issuing RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce due May 7, 2026, requiring USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable-compliant items with five-day-per-week delivery during the school year and summer sessions; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa issuing RFP 26039RFPDST for specialty fruits and vegetables for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program due March 11, 2026, with cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case pricing and an estimated annual budget of $600,000; and the Douglas County School System issuing RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, due March 4, 2026. While the code nominally describes organic serrano peppers, no recent solicitation specifically names serrano peppers or restricts procurement to organic products; organic status is not a stated preference in any of the school nutrition procurements reviewed.