UNSPSC 50425518: Dried cherry hots peppers

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

UNSPSC 50425518 Dried cherry hot peppers, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The six most recent opportunities tagged under this code include kidney beans (Georgia Correctional Industries), a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal package (City of Edinburg, Texas), dried black beans (State of Oregon), weekly food supply fulfillment (State of Illinois), dried pinto and red beans (Oregon Department of Corrections), a broad food, supplies, and kitchen products category (State of Georgia), and cafeteria food products spanning proteins, dairy, grains, and produce (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller). Only the Georgia and Oregon dried-bean solicitations and the TDCJ cafeteria procurement represent institutional food procurement; the Edinburg CACFP opportunity targets beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items for a child care program. The code's nominal product—dried cherry hot peppers—does not appear in any of these recent solicitations, indicating a significant mismatch between the code label and what state and local governments are actually buying under it.

The recent activity spans state departments (Georgia, Oregon, Illinois) and state-level purchasing on behalf of other state agencies (Texas Comptroller for TDCJ), with one city-level procurement (Edinburg). Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate bids for dried beans in June 2026 (pinto and red beans, approximately 42,500 pounds, due June 19, 2026 with a 10% Oregon-preference evaluation adder) and August 2026 (black beans, triple-cleaned, due August 21, 2026), suggesting repeat institutional food purchasing. Georgia Correctional Industries issued a kidney-bean RFQ (92100ERFQ0020612027) due October 9, 2026 in increments of 880 bags with all-inclusive pricing including delivery. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026 after extension via Addendum No. 2) covered 382 line items of cafeteria food across five geographic distribution areas with a pre-bid conference held March 26, 2026 and a questions deadline of March 30, 2026. The mismatch between code label and actual procurement suggests vendors pursuing state and local food supply contracts should monitor broader dried-legume and institutional food categories rather than rely on this specific code.