UNSPSC 50485506: Fresno pepper purees

The variety of peppers known as fresno peppers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485506 Fresno pepper purees is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh pepper products and pepper-based prepared foods for state and local institutional food service operations. Recent opportunities show that state and local governments are procuring fresh peppers and pepper-containing prepared foods — including sauces, seasoning condiments, and related food items — primarily for consumption at correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and county senior services centers. The issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office, Oregon Department of Corrections), state and county school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia), and county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia). The code sees activity primarily in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Oregon and Illinois.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (bids due July 13, 2026), which encompassed peppers and related condiments as line items within a broader food service procurement with a prior-year value of $1.5 million; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products IFB 304T26300CF (response deadline May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), which specified approximately 382 line items including peppers and sauces for distribution across five geographic areas in Texas with delivery to six TDCJ warehouse locations. Ben Hill County Schools' school nutrition food bid (IFB #26271, sealed bids due June 15, 2026) and Burke County Public Schools' comprehensive school nutrition procurement (sealed bids due June 5, 2026) similarly included pepper-based condiments and seasonings within multi-hundred-line-item food service solicitations. All recent opportunities require FOB Destination pricing with freight prepaid, compliance with USDA and FDA standards, and delivery within seven days of order or within specified timeframes.