UNSPSC 50495416: Organic cascabel pepper purees

The variety of organic peppers known as organic cascabel peppers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50495416 Organic cascabel pepper purees is a Commodity code. State and local procurement offices have not generated recent solicitations specifically requesting cascabel pepper purees; the code sees no demonstrated activity under this exact specification in the opportunities block. However, the code sits within a broader landscape of consumable food procurement where state agencies, county governments, school districts, and correctional facilities regularly solicit prepared foods, sauces, condiments, and specialty food ingredients for institutional cafeterias, dining programs, and food service operations. Representative recent solicitations across related food product categories show purchasing bodies including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (for state supported living centers), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (for senior services), the Oregon Department of Corrections, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procuring hundreds of line items spanning frozen proteins, fresh produce, canned vegetables, condiments, sauces, and specialty prepared foods. These solicitations are typically issued as IFBs or IWQs with response windows of 7 to 30 days and include detailed specifications for USDA grades, sodium content limits, shelf life requirements, and delivery timelines.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with Texas showing the highest recent frequency across state health and human services procurement and corrections food contracts. Georgia school districts and counties post regular food supply bids covering multiple schools and facility locations. Pricing structures across recent solicitations uniformly require firm, fixed unit rates on an F.O.B. Destination basis with freight and handling included, and contracts typically run one year with optional renewal periods. Vendors responding to these opportunities must submit minimum three verifiable references, maintain liability insurance of $500,000 to $1,000,000, comply with Buy American requirements where applicable, achieve USDA or FDA specification conformance, and meet state procurement compliance including E-Verify, debarment certification, and HACCP plan requirements. The absence of a dedicated recent solicitation for cascabel pepper purees suggests the code may be underutilized in state and local procurement databases, or pepper purées are being requested under broader condiment or sauce line items within multi-category food RFPs rather than as standalone commodities.