UNSPSC 50521507: Non GMO bramley seedling apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO bramley seedling apples. 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 50521507 Non GMO bramley seedling apples, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The single recent opportunity identified under this code—Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026—solicits petite bananas, not apples of any variety. The code shows no genuine recent activity in apple procurement.

State and local procurement under codes in the produce commodity family spans school nutrition programs, farm-to-school initiatives, and institutional food service across school districts, counties, and regional cooperatives in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin. Recent opportunities focus heavily on comprehensive fresh produce procurement (multiple produce lines—apples, bananas, berries, root vegetables, leafy greens—bundled into single RFPs or IFBs) rather than single-item commodity sourcing. Representative recent solicitations include Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (through GEC Buying Cooperative, due March 4, 2026, covering 72 produce line items for 30 school districts across two Georgia regions with estimated annual spend of $5.5 million combined); Liberty County Board of Education's IFB for Food Products (IFB PE68910NONST2026000000049, due April 29, 2026, for over 400 food items including produce across 13 school sites); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB (due June 26, 2026, for over 200 produce line items including multiple apple varieties delivered to three locations July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027); and Bulloch County School District's IFP for locally grown produce (due May 4, 2026, for 24 produce items grown within 200 miles, contract July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027). Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education. Procurement activity concentrates in Georgia, with secondary activity in Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin. Most solicitations emphasize Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, traceability documentation, fresh delivery to multiple school sites, and domestic or local-sourcing preferences, but no recent opportunity explicitly targets non-GMO Bramley apples as a standalone line item.