UNSPSC 50595526: Dried Non GMO long hot peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO long hot peppers that have been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50595526 Dried Non GMO long hot peppers, a Commodity code, represents a narrow specialty ingredient category that state and local governments procure almost exclusively as line items within broader school nutrition and institutional food service contracts. Recent opportunities show that dried non-GMO long hot peppers appear as one item among thousands in comprehensive grocery, fresh produce, and food supply solicitations issued by school districts, state health agencies, and county purchasing departments. The work being solicited is not standalone pepper procurement but rather participation in framework agreements where vendors bid on complete food product portfolios spanning protein, produce, dairy, dry goods, seasonings, and condiments to serve student meal programs, senior nutrition services, and state-supported living facilities. Issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, and Douglas County School System), state agencies (Georgia Department of Education purchasing on behalf of multiple school districts), county government (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners for senior meals), city purchasing departments (City of Bridgeport on behalf of its Board of Education; City of Meriden on behalf of Meriden Public Schools), and state health authorities (Texas Health and Human Services Commission).

Recent procurement activity spans multiple states with concentration in Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items for school nutrition (due June 30, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 IFB for Master Grocery K-12 across 45 schools plus distribution centers (due April 27, 2026); Bulloch County Board of Education's April 2026 IFB for comprehensive food products across 14 school sites for the 2026-2027 school year (due May 4, 2026); Meriden Public Schools' February 2026 RFP for commercial groceries, beverages, produce, and USDA Foods serving 8,200 students with anticipated contract value of $3.1 million for 2026-2027 (due February 25, 2026); and Douglas County School System's January 2026 RFP for Food Supply and Distribution Services estimating $9 million annual expenditure across 32 schools (due February 18, 2026). These solicitations uniformly require Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed products in many cases), HACCP plans with 24-hour recall capability, product formulation statements and nutritional analyses, commercial general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million per occurrence depending on issuing body), and firm fixed pricing with no fuel or freight surcharges. Participation at the commodity line-item level requires vendors to stock and price individual ingredients within larger purchasing cooperatives, cooperative purchasing vehicles, or direct school district contracts; standalone dried pepper bids do not appear in recent state and local notices, and the code sees activity only as a component of omnibus grocery supply agreements.