UNSPSC 50525837: Non GMO hiromi plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO hiromi plums. 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 50525837 Non GMO hiromi plums (Commodity) captures school nutrition procurement for fresh produce, though the recent opportunities show a disconnect between the code's specific commodity focus and the broader produce-category activity that state and local governments are actually buying. School districts dominate issuing activity under this code family, with examples including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia). The solicitations reflect institutional food service buying: weekly or twice-weekly deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary and secondary schools, typically in bulk case packs sized for cafeteria service. Specifications emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American domestic sourcing, HACCP documentation, product traceability, and liability insurance in the $500,000 to $2 million range. Cost is weighted heavily in evaluation (30–50 points in most RFPs), with quality, vendor experience, and delivery reliability as secondary factors.

Georgia school districts represent the geographic concentration of recent activity, with nine of seventeen opportunities coming from that state; Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas each show one or two active solicitations. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (response due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items (response due June 26, 2026), and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (response due March 4, 2026). However, the code's nominal scope—Non GMO hiromi plums—does not appear in any recent solicitation; the actual procurement activity is broad fresh-produce contracting, not a single specialty fruit variety. Bidders should expect line-item pricing, firm-price annual contracts renewable for multiple one-year terms, delivery performance accountability, and evaluation tied to lowest responsive and responsible bid on a cost-plus-market-index or firm fixed-fee basis.