UNSPSC 50475515: Canned or jarred organic bell peppers

The variety of organic peppers known as organic bell peppers that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50475515 Canned or jarred organic bell peppers is a Commodity code that sees active procurement across state health and corrections agencies, school districts, and senior services departments sourcing shelf-stable vegetable products for institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing canned and jarred vegetables—including bell peppers, tomatoes, and mixed canned vegetables—as part of broader food-supply contracts for state hospitals, correctional facilities, state supported living centers, school cafeterias, and senior nutrition programs. Work solicited ranges from single-item quotes for specific canned vegetables to comprehensive multi-line-item food contracts where canned or jarred peppers appear as one of dozens of SKUs; procurement notices typically require firm, fixed unit pricing, FOB Destination delivery within 7 to 30 days of order, USDA Grade B or better compliance, minimum 12-month shelf life at delivery, proper code dating and Country of Origin labeling, and compliance with FDA/USDA food safety standards. Issuing bodies include state health and human services agencies, state corrections departments, school nutrition programs, county boards of commissioners, and senior services centers.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Oregon Department of Corrections represent the most active recent buyers. Texas HHS posted multiple IFBs for consumable foods and supplemental food and consumable products for state supported living centers (HHS0018082 due October 23, 2026; HHS0017872 due August 25, 2026; HHS0017449 due July 13, 2026; and HHS0016792V2 due March 19, 2026, with a maximum potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years). Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes with a prior-purchase reference price of $13.75 per case (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables (PE77023NONST2027000000782, due October 19, 2026). School districts in Georgia—Ben Hill County Schools (IFB #26271, due June 15, 2026) and Burke County Public Schools (PE55037NONST2027000000007, due June 5, 2026)—solicited comprehensive grocery procurements with canned vegetables as line items. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with additional state-level food service procurement visible in Illinois.