UNSPSC 50425532: Dried poblano peppers

The variety of peppers known as poblano peppers that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425532 Dried poblano peppers is a Commodity code that rarely appears in recent state and local procurement activity. The single recent opportunity explicitly mentioning dried poblano peppers or closely related specialty dried peppers does not surface in the dataset; instead, the code's recent activity reflects a broader pattern of state and local governments procuring general dried legumes, fresh produce, and grocery staples for institutional food service—school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and child nutrition services—where dried poblano peppers would represent a minor line item within larger food-supply contracts rather than a dedicated procurement vehicle. The Oregon Department of Corrections, for example, has issued multiple ITBs for dried pinto and red beans as standalone procurements, but no equivalent standalone solicitation for dried poblano peppers has posted recently. State and local buyers treat dried specialty peppers as part of mixed grocery or produce bids where bid quantities and pricing are aggregated across dozens or hundreds of line items, not as category-specific commodities commanding individual RFPs, IFBs, or ITBs.

Issuing bodies soliciting food service supplies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System), state departments of corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state nutrition agencies (Illinois IVHQ, Georgia Department of Community Services), and municipalities (City of Edinburg, Texas for child and adult care food programs). Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia. Representative solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products (response due May 4, 2026), which spans 382 food line items including proteins, dairy, grains, vegetables, and condiments; the Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026), requiring weekly delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; and the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 participating school districts (due March 4, 2026, estimated $5.5 million annual spend). Dried poblano peppers, when procured at all, appear as single line items embedded in these sprawling commodity bids rather than standalone procurement opportunities.