UNSPSC 50533200: Dried non GMO gooseberries

The type of non GMO fruit known as non GMO gooseberries 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 50533200 Dried non-GMO gooseberries, a Class code, does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited under this designation in state and local procurement. Recent opportunities tagged with this code overwhelmingly address broad food service supply and distribution — fresh produce, comprehensive grocery contracts, prepared meals, and related meal-service operations — rather than a specialized dried fruit commodity. School districts, county education boards, and city purchasing offices dominate the issuing bodies, with contract values ranging from several million dollars annually (Douglas County School System's $9 million food distribution RFP, Meriden Public Schools' $3.1 million grocery RFP) to smaller district-level procurements. These entities systematically solicit fresh produce, packaged groceries, frozen and shelf-stable items, dairy, and meal preparation services as part of child nutrition programs and senior meal operations, but the specific focus on dried non-GMO gooseberries as a line item does not emerge in any of the identified solicitations. The misalignment suggests that either the code assignment to these opportunities is incorrect, or dried non-GMO gooseberries represent a minimal subset of a much broader food procurement taxonomy that state and local procurement offices use to cast wider nets.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia (Douglas County School System, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, State of Georgia), Florida (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education, Meriden Public Schools), Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, City of Dallas), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools). Representative recent solicitations include the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items with electronic bids due June 30, 2026, the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs spanning 30 school districts with proposals due March 4, 2026, and Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery ITB estimated at $17.8 million over three years with bids due June 25, 2026. Given the code-to-opportunity mismatch, business development teams should verify scope alignment with their supply capabilities before pursuing opportunities under this classification.