UNSPSC 50465526: Canned or jarred long hot peppers

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

UNSPSC 50465526 Canned or jarred long hot peppers is a Commodity code capturing a narrow food ingredient category that state and local governments procure as part of broad food-service supply contracts, typically for institutional dining, school nutrition programs, and state facility food operations. Recent solicitations show this code sits within larger food procurement scopes—school districts and state agencies do not issue standalone bids for canned peppers alone but rather include them as line items within comprehensive quarterly or annual grocery solicitations covering dozens or hundreds of food products across produce, proteins, dairy, condiments, and prepared items. The issuing-body mix reflects institutional food service: school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Fairfax County in Virginia, Burke County in Georgia, Douglas County in Georgia, Liberty County in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia), state corrections and health agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state veterans homes (Illinois Veterans Home Quincy). School districts dominate the recent activity, with Georgia and Texas showing multiple active procurements. The actual work being solicited under this code involves fulfilling standing food-service contracts on fixed or cost-plus-index pricing, with weekly or as-needed deliveries to cafeterias, central distribution warehouses, and state facilities; vendors quote firm unit rates or net-cost-plus-fee models and are evaluated primarily on price, product quality, compliance with nutritional and Buy American standards, and past performance tracking.

Recent representative opportunities confirm the scope: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products for its El Paso State Supported Living Center, encompassing 210 line items under NIGP categories 385, 390, 380, and 393, with a prior-period value of $1.5 million and firm fixed pricing on Exhibit C; Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) released IFB 2000004323 (due April 27, 2026) for Master Grocery K-12 to supply 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus distribution kitchens, requiring minimum bids on 76 items from the delivery section with Buy American compliance and nine-month minimum shelf life; and Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia posted IFB #26271 (due June 15, 2026) seeking sealed bids on multiple food categories with Buy American Act compliance (over 51 percent domestically grown) and delivery to four school locations. Activity spans the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with secondary concentration in the Midwest. Contract values range from modest quarterly buys (Illinois Veterans Home at $24 line items for March–June) to large annual commitments (Douglas County School System at estimated $9 million annually for food supply and distribution, Texas HHSC at up to $4.5 million over three years). Most school district bids require firm pricing for 30–365 days post-award, permit midterm adjustments only for documented manufacturer price increases exceeding 5 percent or via CPI indexing, and allow multiple vendor awards on a line-item basis.