UNSPSC 50425527: Dried mirasol peppers

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

UNSPSC 50425527 Dried mirasol peppers is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty dried chile peppers used in food service and institutional meal programs. Recent state and local opportunities show that government buyers procure dried peppers as components within broader food supply contracts rather than as standalone line items. The code's activity reflects demand from institutional food services—school districts, correctional facilities, and child nutrition programs—that integrate specialty ingredients into meal planning and procurement cycles. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state departments of corrections, school districts ranging from large unified districts to regional systems, and municipal child nutrition services. School districts appear most frequently in recent postings, including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia); state agencies include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement Division) and the Oregon Department of Corrections. The code shows activity concentrated in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, with additional postings from Illinois and Colorado.

Recent representative opportunities demonstrate the code's actual procurement context. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items including proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, and canned vegetables—a large-scale institutional food procurement where specialty dried peppers would appear as a subsidiary item rather than a primary focus (response due May 4, 2026). Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services in Missouri issued an IFB for grocery items encompassing over 900 line items for the 2026–27 school year serving approximately 6,900 daily lunch participants and 900 breakfast participants (bids due April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS electronic system). Fairfax County Public Schools issued IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 services requiring weekly delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens and a central warehouse (responses due April 27, 2026). These solicitations show that dried peppers, when purchased, flow through multi-category food supply contracts where pricing, quality, and delivery logistics are managed as part of comprehensive meal-service procurement rather than as specialty items commanding separate line-item focus. Response deadlines cluster in the spring (February through June 2026) for academic-year contracts commencing July 1, 2026, and include firm fixed pricing, Buy American Act compliance, federal food safety standards (USDA, FDA, HACCP), and insurance requirements typically ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000 in general liability.