UNSPSC 50531652: Dried non GMO tri gem apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO tri gem apricots that have been dried for preservation. 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 50531652 Dried non-GMO tri-gem apricots is a Commodity code that sees limited direct solicitation in state and local procurement but sits within a broader food-service supply ecosystem where school districts, county governments, and state health agencies purchase groceries and fresh produce in bulk volumes. The code represents a specialized dried-fruit item that is typically bundled into comprehensive grocery or produce line-item catalogs rather than solicited as a standalone commodity; state and local procurement offices acquire these items as line items within master grocery contracts, school nutrition programs, and institutional food-service agreements that span hundreds of SKUs covering breakfasts, entrees, sides, snacks, and produce.

Recent activity shows that school districts dominate solicitation activity across the broader food-supply ecosystem. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia; Meriden Public Schools, Connecticut; Bulloch County Board of Education, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Georgia; and Douglas County Schools, Georgia have all issued grocery, fresh-produce, or comprehensive food-supply RFPs or IFBs between January and June 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission procures for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, and Hillsborough County, Florida, has solicited senior meal preparation and delivery services at approximately $17.8 million over three years. Most school district contracts run July 1 through June 30 and are structured as annual agreements with multi-year renewal options. Pricing is typically firm-fixed with no fuel surcharges, deliveries occur Monday through Friday to central warehouses and individual school sites within specified windows (often 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.), and vendors must maintain HACCP plans, provide nutritional information, meet Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content, and carry liability insurance of $1 million or higher. Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia, Florida, Texas, and Mississippi show the most recent procurement velocity; the Meriden Public Schools contract is valued at approximately $3.1 million for 2026–2027, and the Douglas County system estimates approximately $9 million annually for main-line food distribution and approximately $4.4 million for produce and eggs alone across a 30-district cooperative.