UNSPSC 50424117: Dried pepicha

The variety of herbs known as pepicha that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424117 Dried pepicha is a Commodity code that reflects state and local procurement of shelf-stable and fresh food products for institutional food service, including proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, and prepared items sourced by public agencies for cafeterias, senior services, state-supported living centers, and correctional facilities. The buying bodies span Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for state-supported living centers, county boards of commissioners for social services, state correctional and criminal justice departments, and state procurement divisions sourcing on behalf of multiple agency customers. The actual work under this code involves responsive, specification-compliant delivery of commodity groceries in bulk quantities—typically dozens to hundreds of line items per solicitation—with firm, fixed unit pricing, strict delivery windows (often 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with noon-hour exclusions), and vendor accountability for product quality, timeliness, and complaint resolution within defined timeframes.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Texas and Georgia. The Texas HHSC has posted multiple IFBs in 2026 for food service groceries and canteen items at Mexia and El Paso state-supported living centers (responses due August 25 and July 11, 2026, respectively); the Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse regions (response deadline extended to May 4, 2026); an earlier HHSC supplemental food and consumables IFB (HHS0016792V2) covered 210 line items statewide with a maximum three-year value of $4.5 million (bid due March 19, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia solicited approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items via informal written quote (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026), and the State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation in May 2026 (due June 22, 2026). The State of Illinois issued a quarterly weekly food order solicitation for July-September 2026 (due June 26, 2026). Institutional food service procurement under this code emphasizes past performance tracking, HUB subcontracting compliance in Texas, and best-value evaluation rather than lowest-price award, with historical annual volumes ranging from $158,000 to $1.5 million per facility or program.