UNSPSC 50445528: Frozen pasilla peppers

The variety of peppers known as pasilla peppers that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445528 Frozen pasilla peppers is a Commodity code with limited recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to the code's scope. State and local governments purchasing under this code typically seek specialty frozen pepper products for institutional food service operations, particularly correctional facilities, state hospitals, school districts, and state supported living centers. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations specifically for frozen pasilla peppers; instead, state and local buyers are actively procuring broader frozen vegetable categories—frozen corn, frozen potato products, frozen mixed vegetables, frozen carrots, and assorted frozen vegetable blends—through ITBs and IFBs issued by correctional departments, school nutrition programs, and state health and human services agencies. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia, Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia, Early County Board of Education in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri), county correctional facilities (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), state health and human services commissions (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and municipalities (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut). Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Missouri show the heaviest recent frozen-vegetable procurement activity.

Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections issuing ITB S2910000017451 for frozen corn (40,000 pounds, due July 24, 2026, with a reference price of $0.498 per pound from the August 2025 award to Alpine Food), and ITB S2910000017439 for frozen potato products—french fries, wedges, and tater tots (120,000 pounds across three truckloads, due July 24, 2026, with a January 2026 reference price of $0.3811 per pound from JNS Foods). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center (bids due July 13, 2026, with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million). The City Schools of Decatur, Georgia issued an IFB for frozen foods and grocery items (due May 15, 2026). All solicitations emphasize FDA/USDA compliance, HACCP standards, six-month minimum shelf life, firm fixed pricing per unit FOB destination with prepaid freight, and delivery to central distribution centers or school locations. No recent opportunities targeting pasilla peppers specifically appear in the dataset; buyers are consolidating specialty pepper purchases into broader frozen-vegetable line items or specialty food contracts. Firms pursuing this code should monitor state and local RFPs and ITBs for institutional food service that bundle specialty frozen vegetables, as pasilla peppers are unlikely to sustain a standalone solicitation and compete for line-item awards within larger frozen-produce and commodity-food procurements.