UNSPSC 50425536: Dried tai peppers

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

UNSPSC 50425536 Dried tai peppers is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. The single substantive opportunity posted under this code—the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 solicitation for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, due March 20, 2026)—procures dried legumes, not dried tai peppers. A second ODOC opportunity from June 2026 (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) again targets dried pinto and red beans at 42,500 pounds. The remaining nine opportunities in the recent-opportunities block—solicitations from school districts in Texas, Virginia, Missouri, and Georgia; a Texas state agency; and an Illinois state procurement—all tag the code while actually procuring broader grocery, fresh produce, cafeteria food products, or child nutrition meal-service supplies with no mention of dried peppers or specialty condiments. The code shows little relevant recent activity; state and local jurisdictions soliciting under UNSPSC 50425536 are predominantly school districts and correctional agencies, but they are using it to classify general-line food procurement rather than sourcing dried tai peppers specifically.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Virginia, Missouri, and Georgia, with school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County) and state corrections departments (Oregon DOC, Texas TDCJ) as the main issuing bodies. The misalignment between code and actual procurement suggests either a tagging error in state and local systems or that dried tai peppers are occasionally procured as a line item within larger food-service contracts that the jurisdiction classified under this code. For vendors focused on specialty dried peppers or ethnic food ingredients, the code's recent activity offers limited signal; if dried tai peppers are being purchased at all by these jurisdictions, they are embedded in broader food-service RFPs or IFBs where they do not drive the solicitation's primary scope or evaluation criteria.