UNSPSC 50445509: Frozen manzano peppers

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

UNSPSC 50445509 Frozen manzano peppers — a Commodity code — reflects state and local procurement activity focused on frozen specialty pepper products and wider frozen vegetable assortments for institutional food service operations, though the recent solicitations show negligible direct demand for the named commodity itself. Instead, the code's recent activity clusters around frozen vegetable staples—carrots, corn, mixed vegetables, and assorted blends—purchased by correctional facilities, school districts, and health and human services agencies in support of large-scale meal programs. State and local buyers under this family include the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and numerous school nutrition programs across Georgia, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. The work involves specification-driven procurement of bulk frozen vegetable products meeting USDA/FDA standards, with firm fixed pricing quoted per pound or per case, FOB destination delivery terms, and compliance with food safety, allergen labeling, and shelf-life requirements. Correctional and institutional food service contracting emphasizes detailed product identification, nutritional documentation, and strict delivery scheduling.

Geographic concentration centers on the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Texas statewide, and the Southeast (Georgia), with additional activity in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple ITBs since February 2026 for frozen vegetables—carrots, corn, assorted blends—with response dates ranging from March through July 2026, offering 5 percent Oregon-preference incentives and volumes typically spanning 40,000 to 400,000 pounds per solicitation at historical pricing of $0.398 to $0.689 per pound. School nutrition programs including Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) have issued food bids encompassing frozen vegetables as line items within broader grocery procurements, with response dates clustering in April through June 2026. Texas HHSC and TDCJ have issued statewide commodity and food-service solicitations covering frozen vegetables at scale, with estimated contract values in the millions and multi-year terms. The code shows consistent demand from institutional buyers but marginal direct solicitation for manzano peppers specifically; vendors should position frozen vegetable product lines broadly across assorted blend and commodity varieties rather than narrowly on specialty pepper types.