UNSPSC 50445504: Frozen chilaca peppers

The variety of peppers known as chilaca peppers that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445504 Frozen chilaca peppers is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent activity in state and local procurement. The source material contains no active solicitations specifically for frozen chilaca peppers. Instead, recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code or nearby frozen-vegetable categories show activity for frozen corn, frozen mixed vegetables, frozen assorted blends, and frozen carrots — commodities that share supply-chain characteristics with chilaca peppers but represent distinct product lines. The code's abstract designation does not align with the concrete frozen-vegetable procurements currently being solicited across jurisdictions.

State and local agencies purchasing under frozen-vegetable classifications tend to be correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school districts, and health and human services agencies. The Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and multiple Georgia and Pennsylvania school districts have posted ITBs and RFPs for frozen vegetables in the past six months, but chilaca peppers do not appear as a line item in any of these solicitations. The recent opportunities reflect demand for commodity frozen vegetables — carrots, corn, mixed blends, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, and peas — typically in volumes of 40,000 to 400,000 pounds per contract, priced competitively between $0.30 and $0.70 per pound depending on variety and packaging. Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Corrections), Texas (TDCJ, HHSC), and Georgia (multiple school districts), with secondary activity in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Missouri. The absence of chilaca-pepper-specific solicitations suggests either limited institutional demand for this specialty item, procurement through broader frozen-vegetable line-item bids where chilaca peppers would be submitted as equal alternatives, or sourcing through different commodity codes altogether. Vendors pursuing this code should verify whether state and local nutrition programs accept specialty chiles as substitutes within existing frozen-vegetable contracts or seek opportunities as custom or specialty food items outside standard commodity frameworks.