UNSPSC 50525842: Non GMO jamaican plum

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO jamaican plum. 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 50525842 Non GMO Jamaican plum (Commodity) represents a narrow specialty produce category that state and local school nutrition programs are purchasing as component line items in broader fresh-produce and student-nutrition contracts, though the code shows minimal direct recent activity. What school districts are actually buying under this code appears as a single produce type among dozens of others in comprehensive annual procurement vehicles. The recent opportunities supporting this code mix are dominated by school nutrition departments and boards of education issuing RFBs, RFQs, and RFPs for fresh produce to support National School Lunch Programs, School Breakfast Programs, and USDA-funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's Petite Bananas RFB 4162 (due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000), Madison Metropolitan's Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks RFB 4163 (due July 29, 2026, procuring ~5,900 weekly servings), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for Fresh Produce with over 200 line items (due June 26, 2026, covering apple varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, specialty produce), and Bulloch County School District's Invitation for Proposal for locally-grown produce under its Farm to School program (due May 4, 2026, sourcing 24 produce items within 200 miles). The code activity concentrates in Georgia and Wisconsin school districts, with secondary activity in Texas and Florida. Most opportunities layer specialty produce items like the non-GMO Jamaican plum within larger produce contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code shows no recent stand-alone solicitations for Jamaican plums specifically.

The issuing-body mix is heavily school-district-dominated—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 McAllen Independent School District represent repeat buyers soliciting fresh-produce contracts annually. Early County Board of Education, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Austin Independent School District, and Douglas County School System (via the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts) round out the buyer base. A single state-level procurement from Georgia (Solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009 Food, Supplies, and Other Kitchen Products, due June 22, 2026) appears in the recent set. The geographic concentration spans Georgia (Hancock, Bulloch, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn, Early, and Douglas Counties), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan), Texas (McAllen, Austin), and Florida (Hillsborough). Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 of the following year on fixed annual pricing models with renewal options; evaluations weight cost between 30 and 50 points and emphasize HACCP plans, Buy American compliance, traceability documentation, and delivery reliability. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are identified across the recent opportunities, though some districts offer scoring weight (typically 5 percent) for diverse-owned business status or Texas principal place of business.