UNSPSC 50522501: Non GMO amarelle cherries

The variety of non GMO cherries known as non GMO amarelle cherries. 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 50522501 Non GMO amarelle cherries (Commodity) is a narrow single-product code that sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity; the most recent opportunities posted under this code do not in fact solicit cherries. The code shows a material mismatch between its nominal scope and actual buying patterns in the state and local market. School nutrition programs constitute the primary issuing body type across the recent-opportunities dataset, but none are soliciting amarelle cherries specifically. Instead, school districts and nutrition departments are procuring broad fresh produce categories — apples, bananas, berries, vegetables, citrus fruits, and prepared produce items — through standing annual contracts that aggregate dozens or hundreds of line items. Individual fruit varieties like non-GMO amarelle cherries do not appear as standalone procurement vehicles in the sample.

Georgia school districts dominate the recent activity: Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Schools, Bartow County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Liberty County Schools, Muscogee County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, and Glynn County Schools all issued RFPs, RFBs, and IFBs for fresh produce in the February-through-July 2026 window, with response dates ranging from late February through late July. Texas school districts (McAllen ISD and Austin ISD) and school systems in Florida also appear. Contract values are substantial — the Douglas County School System's cooperative procurement for 30 Georgia districts alone projected $4.4 million to $1.1 million across two geographic areas — but no line items within these solicitations isolate non-GMO amarelle cherries as a separately bid commodity. Produce procurement at the school-nutrition level operates as demand-driven annual contracts with fixed or redeterminable pricing, USDA compliance mandates, HACCP requirements, and Buy American provisions; specialty single-fruit varieties are not typically vehicles for standalone solicitation activity in this market segment.