UNSPSC 50425515: Dried bell peppers

The variety of peppers known as bell peppers that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425515 Dried bell peppers is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local opportunities. The eight recent opportunities posted between January and July 2026 encompass school district and institutional food service procurement for fresh produce, dried beans, fresh eggs, cafeteria food products, and master grocery supplies — but none specifically target dried bell peppers. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate bids for dried pinto and red beans (127,500 pounds in March 2026 and 42,500 pounds in June 2026, both ITBs with response dates in the source-stated timeframe), and multiple school districts across Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Texas solicited fresh produce, eggs, and general grocery items through RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs. The City of Edinburg, Texas, requested proposals for CACFP meal program supplies including vegetables as part of a five-category food bundle due August 4, 2026. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) both issued IFBs for master grocery and comprehensive grocery item contracts spanning hundreds of line items. The scope across these opportunities centers on institutional food service for schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs — dried legumes and fresh produce dominate the buying pattern, not specialty dried peppers.

The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments and school districts: the Oregon Department of Corrections (two dried bean solicitations), Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia, two RFPs for produce and food distribution), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the State of Illinois, the State of Georgia, and the City of Edinburg. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon. The code as currently assigned does not align with actual procurement demand — state and local buyers are sourcing fresh and dried commodity staples (beans, fresh produce, eggs, milk, general grocery items) in bulk for meal programs and institutional feeding, not specialty dried peppers. No representative recent opportunity supports dried bell pepper procurement under this code.