UNSPSC 50522103: Non GMO mountain bilberries

The variety of non GMO billberries known as non GMO mountain bilberries. 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 50522103 Non GMO mountain bilberries (Commodity) does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity indexed under this code. The code is tagged on solicitations for school nutrition fresh produce and related food service items — bananas, apples, berries, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, eggs, and other institutional food staples — rather than non-GMO mountain bilberries specifically. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations requesting mountain bilberries or specialty berry procurement; instead, school districts and cooperative purchasing vehicles are sourcing commodity-grade produce through standing annual food service contracts.

School districts across Georgia, Texas, and Florida dominate recent activity under this code designation, with IFBs and RFPs issued by Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Glynn County Board of Education, and others. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026, with estimated annual value of $78,000) and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across multiple apple varieties, berries, vegetables, and specialty items (due June 26, 2026). The Douglas County School System is procuring fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two through a cooperative purchasing vehicle (due March 4, 2026). Geographic concentration centers on Georgia and Texas, with additional activity in Florida and Wisconsin. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope — non-GMO mountain bilberries — and the actual procurement activity signals either a tagging error in the source data or commodity-code consolidation within state and local procurement systems that conflates specialty berry codes with broader fresh produce categories.