UNSPSC 50425531: Dried pimiento peppers

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

UNSPSC 50425531 Dried pimiento peppers is a Commodity code that sits at the narrowest tier of the taxonomy, but state and local governments do not currently procure dried pimiento peppers as a standalone line item. Recent solicitations under this code do not reflect demand for the product itself; instead, they capture food service procurement more broadly — meal programs, cafeteria supply, school nutrition, and institutional food distribution — where dried pimientos might appear as one ingredient among hundreds in a larger scope. The code's abstract name does not align with what is actually being bought in the recent-opportunities record, which shows school districts, state departments, and local agencies soliciting comprehensive food supply contracts spanning proteins, produce, dairy, grains, beverages, condiments, and staples. Issuing bodies in the recent record include state departments of corrections and education (Oregon, Illinois, Texas, Georgia), county and municipal school systems (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI and Muscogee County School Districts in Missouri and Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Douglas County School System in Georgia), city governments (Edinburg, Texas), and multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative). School nutrition programs dominate the activity — child nutrition services, cafeteria food product supply, fresh produce and egg procurement, and CACFP meal programs — with state corrections departments procuring bulk dried goods for inmate food service.

Geographic concentration centers on Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026) and a second ODOC procurement for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (due June 19, 2026), both delivered FOB destination to Salem, Oregon; the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse locations across Texas (due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum); the Rockwood R-VI School District's solicitation for over 900 grocery line items for the 2026–27 school year (due April 29, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB for Master Grocery K-12 delivery to 45 schools plus distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026); and the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 Georgia school districts (due March 4, 2026, with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for one geographic area). Vendors pursuing this code should recognize that the commodity does not reflect current procurement reality — the activity is in comprehensive food service supply and meal-program provisioning, where dried peppers compete as one line item in contracts spanning hundreds of SKUs, not as a standalone product line.