UNSPSC 50523309: Non GMO triumph grapefruits

The variety of non GMO grapefruit known as non GMO triumph grapefruit. 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 50523309 Non GMO triumph grapefruits is a Commodity code that sees little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code's name specifies a single produce line item—Non GMO triumph grapefruit—yet the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for grapefruits at all. Instead, the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code consists entirely of broader fresh produce and food service contracts issued by school districts across Georgia and Texas. These contracts encompass dozens or hundreds of produce line items—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, citrus varieties, berries, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, eggs, and prepared foods—solicited by Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Bulloch County School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Glynn County Board of Education, McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and Douglas County School System through cooperative purchasing vehicles, with estimated annual contract values ranging from $78,000 to $4.4 million. The mismatch between the code's specific commodity designation and the generalized produce procurement activity suggests either systematic miscoding at the source or that state and local procurement offices are using this Commodity code as a catch-all tag for fresh produce supply across food service programs.

The recent opportunities are concentrated in Georgia and Texas school nutrition programs issuing RFPs, RFBs, IFBs, and ITBs between February and July 2026, with response deadlines clustered in late March through late July 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District posted two separate RFBs in July 2026—one for petite bananas due July 29, 2026 with an estimated $78,000 annual value, and another for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due the same date contingent on federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant approval. Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce encompassing over 200 line items due June 26, 2026. Bulloch County School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, and other Georgia districts solicited comprehensive produce and food service contracts through sealed-bid and RFP processes with annual spending estimates up to $4.4 million for multi-district cooperative arrangements like the GEC Buying Cooperative. Texas school districts—McAllen ISD, Austin ISD—posted fresh produce RFPs with multi-vendor awards and Good Food Purchasing Program participation. No incumbent vendors or set-aside restrictions are identified across the opportunities; evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 30–50%, product quality and availability at 15–30%, and vendor qualifications and references at 10–20%, with Buy American provisions and HACCP plan compliance standard. Given the code's narrow commodity definition and the absence of any grapefruit-specific solicitations, pursuit under this code is not advisable; business development should instead track the broader Class and Family codes encompassing school nutrition produce procurement if institutional food service is the target market.