UNSPSC 50445516: Frozen cascabel peppers

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

UNSPSC 50445516 Frozen cascabel peppers (Commodity) represents a narrow food ingredient category that state and local governments procure almost exclusively through institutional food service contracts—school districts, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and senior services agencies. Recent solicitations show frozen peppers bundled within broader food procurement RFQs and IFBs rather than solicited as standalone line items; the code appears primarily as one SKU among dozens or hundreds in multi-category food supply contracts where the buying entity specifies brand, package size, and case quantity alongside complementary proteins, vegetables, and pantry staples. Issuing bodies span state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Corrections), county governments (Gwinnett County, Georgia; Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), city school districts (Bridgeport, Burke County, Early County in Georgia), and special-purpose nutrition programs serving corrections, senior care, and school meal operations. The code shows minimal standalone activity and no evidence of repeat single-commodity solicitations; instead, frozen cascabel peppers compete for shelf space and budget allocation within comprehensive food service awards where lowest-price responsiveness and specification compliance drive vendor selection.

Geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Connecticut based on recent food service RFQ and IFB postings. Representative opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' October 2026 IWQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026 (response deadline passed), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's September 2026 rebid for groceries and meats to the correctional facility due September 30, 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's August 2026 IFB for frozen food products serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with an estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million and maximum potential contract value of $19 million over the full contract period. Frozen cascabel peppers do not appear as a named line item in any posted solicitation; the code's presence in state and local procurement is absorbed within broader institutional food contracts where specialty or ethnic ingredients are specified by food service administrators but rarely highlighted as discrete procurement opportunities for business development purposes.