UNSPSC 50435531: Dried organic pimiento peppers

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

UNSPSC 50435531 Dried organic pimiento peppers is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it show little activity aligned with pimiento peppers specifically. Instead, the code appears in procurement records for dried beans of various types—kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans—and broader food-supply contracts serving correctional facilities, child-care programs, and institutional meal services. The concrete work being solicited includes bulk dried legumes for institutional cooking, specification-driven procurement with USDA grading standards, and compliance with food-safety requirements including HACCP and FDA standards. Issuing bodies include state departments (Georgia, Oregon, Illinois), state correctional agencies (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and municipal entities (City of Edinburg, Texas). Most solicitations are RFQs, RFPs, or IFBs with response dates clustered between June and October 2026. The scope diverges significantly from the code's nominal description—the code names an organic specialty product, but state and local governments are actually procuring commodity dried beans in bulk for institutional meal programs and inmate feeding.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and West, with recent opportunities posted by Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a June 19, 2026 deadline, offering a combined 10% evaluation preference for goods fabricated or processed in Oregon and for Oregon-based vendors, with historical pricing of $0.493 per pound; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026 for cafeteria food products including dried beans across five geographic distribution centers with a single-vendor award structure and contract term through August 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals; and the City of Edinburg posted RFP 2026-017 on August 11, 2026 for Child and Adult Care Food Program supplies including food products serving approximately 400 children daily, with a local-vendor preference under Texas Government Code Section 271.9051 and proposals due August 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM. Georgia Correctional Industries and the State of Georgia also posted separate dried-bean procurements with October 2026 and May 2026 closing dates. The code shows routine institutional procurement activity but exhibits a mismatch between its nominal scope (organic pimiento peppers) and actual buying patterns (commodity dried beans for bulk meal service).