UNSPSC 50465520: Canned or jarred finger hot peppers

The variety of peppers known as finger hot peppers that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50465520 Canned or jarred finger hot peppers (Commodity) comprises shelf-stable pepper products that state and local governments procure primarily as ingredients for institutional food service operations—canteens, cafeterias, and dining programs at state supported living centers, correctional facilities, schools, and senior services centers. Recent solicitations reflect a narrow product scope: vendors supply individual cases or bulk quantities of canned or jarred peppers, often as one line item within larger food and consumable RFPs or IFBs that encompass dozens to hundreds of other food products, condiments, sauces, and kitchen supplies. The code sees activity from state health and human services agencies, departments of corrections, county boards of commissioners, school districts, and Texas state procurement divisions acting on behalf of operational facilities. State supported living centers and state hospitals in Texas appear as repeat buyers, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing multiple overlapping food and consumable solicitations that include pepper products alongside proteins, vegetables, dairy, and supplies.

Recent opportunities cluster in Texas and Georgia, with additional activity in Oregon and Illinois. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFBs for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026, and HHS0017872, due August 25, 2026), and a broader supplemental food and consumables procurement for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (HHS0016792V2, due March 19, 2026, with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia solicited approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026). Ben Hill County Schools in Fitzgerald, Georgia bid a comprehensive school nutrition program procurement encompassing fresh, frozen, and canned products (IFB #26271, due June 15, 2026). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas (due May 4, 2026, extended from April 21). Pepper products typically appear as one of dozens of line items in these RFPs and IFBs; vendors responding to institutional food service bids must often price hundreds of items simultaneously, with delivery to multiple locations required on F.O.B. Destination terms and lead times typically seven days or less from order placement.