UNSPSC 50524422: Non GMO minneola tangelo oranges

The variety of non GMO mandarin oranges and tangerines known as non GMO minneola tangelo oranges. 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 50524422 Non GMO minneola tangelo oranges is a Commodity code that nominally specifies a single citrus product, yet the recent state and local opportunities show little activity directly matching the code's stated scope. The recent solicitations tagged under this code overwhelmingly target fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs—bananas, apples, mixed fruits and vegetables, and eggs—rather than minneola tangelo oranges specifically. School districts, county boards of education, and independent school districts are the primary issuing bodies, driven by federal USDA National School Lunch and Breakfast Program funding and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants. Vendors supplying under this code typically operate as commercial produce distributors with USDA-approved facilities, current HACCP plans, food recall procedures, refrigerated delivery capability, and multi-year experience in institutional food service. Evaluation criteria across opportunities consistently weight cost heavily (30–50 points), followed by product quality and availability, vendor qualifications and experience, delivery reliability, and compliance with Buy American provisions requiring domestic agricultural content.

The geographic center of activity is Georgia, where multiple county boards of education and school systems—Douglas County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Muscogee County, Hancock County, and Early County—have issued invitations for bid (IFB) or requests for proposal (RFP) for fresh produce during the March–June 2026 window. Representative opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 fresh produce line items with delivery to three locations and a July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract term (due June 26, 2026); Douglas County School System's RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 72 produce line items and 30 districts across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One (proposals due March 4, 2026); and Glynn County Board of Education's IFB for approximately 60 fresh produce line items with weekly Tuesday deliveries to 16 schools (bids due April 14, 2026). Activity outside Georgia includes Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin (petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, RFB 4162 and 4163 due July 29, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida (specialty fruits and vegetables for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, RFP 26039RFPDST due March 11, 2026), and McAllen and Austin independent school districts in Texas (fresh produce RFP 2026-1029 and RFP 26RFP034 due March 6 and March 11, 2026, respectively). The code shows no recent activity specifically for minneola tangelo oranges or non-GMO citrus as a named line item.