UNSPSC 50532914: Dried non GMO neghal dates

The variety of non GMO dates known as non GMO neghal dates 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 50532914 Dried non-GMO Neghal dates (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with current state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a single dried fruit product, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code encompass broad food service supply chains—school nutrition programs, senior meal delivery, institutional cafeterias, and emergency food procurement—where dried dates appear, if at all, as one line item among thousands of food products. The issuing bodies are diverse: school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools Virginia, Bulloch County Board of Education Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District Mississippi, Meriden Public Schools Connecticut, Douglas County School System Georgia, Hancock County Board of Education Georgia), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Florida), cities (Bridgeport Connecticut, Dallas Texas, Meriden Connecticut), and state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia). The code's actual purchase profile does not center on dried dates but rather reflects catch-all commodity coding for general grocery procurement.

Recent opportunities span the continental United States, with activity concentrated in Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, State of Georgia fresh produce bid), Florida (Hillsborough County senior meals), Connecticut (Bridgeport, Meriden), Texas (HHSC El Paso facility, Dallas meal delivery), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Virginia (Fairfax County). Representative solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 2026, 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus seven distribution kitchens, sealed bids due April 27, 2026), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' senior meal preparation and delivery ITB 26-00289 (June 2026, congregate and home-delivered meals at estimated value $17.8 million over three years, bids due June 25, 2026), and Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP 26-003 (January 2026, approximately $9 million annually for 32,500 students across 32 schools, proposals due February 18, 2026). Dried dates as a discrete procurement line appear tangential to these opportunities; vendors pursuing the code should expect to compete as broad food distributors or specialty suppliers within much larger institutional food service contracts rather than as single-product commodity suppliers.