UNSPSC 50532100: Dried non GMO bilberries

The type of non GMO fruit known as non GMO billberries 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 50532100 Dried non-GMO bilberries, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The most recent opportunities solicited under this code reflect broad school nutrition and senior meal procurement across multiple product categories—fresh produce, groceries, eggs, and complete meal service—but none of the named solicitations specifically reference dried bilberries or any dried berry products as line items. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery bid (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spans over 1,100 line items including fresh fruits and frozen products but does not list dried non-GMO bilberries. Similarly, the Douglas County School System's fresh produce and eggs RFP (SN26-004, due March 4, 2026) names 72 fresh produce line items including apples, berries, and leafy greens without mentioning dried bilberries. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, due July 11, 2026) covers food and consumable products at a cost-neutral historical value of $1.5 million but does not itemize dried specialty fruits. Issuing bodies across these opportunities include county boards of education (Hancock County, Georgia; Douglas County, Georgia; Bulloch County, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County, Georgia), school districts (Fairfax County, Virginia; Meriden, Connecticut; Pascagoula-Gautier, Mississippi), a county commission (Hillsborough County, Florida), and state departments (Georgia, Texas, Connecticut), with school nutrition programs driving the volume of recent activity.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, which accounts for six separate solicitations across state procurement and school nutrition programs, followed by Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi with one or two opportunities each. A single procurement—Meriden Public Schools' RFP 026-41 (due February 25, 2026)—disclosed a contract value of approximately $3.1 million for comprehensive grocery and USDA food supply; Douglas County School System's food supply RFP shows an estimated annual expenditure of $9 million and fresh produce spending around $5.5 million combined across two geographic areas. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' senior meal procurement (ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026) carries an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million. These opportunities reflect demand for volume food sourcing and delivery to institutional meal programs rather than specialty dried fruit procurement, indicating that the code assignment to dried non-GMO bilberries may not capture how this category is actually being purchased under state and local food service contracts.