UNSPSC 50533406: Dried non GMO autumn seedless grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO autumn seedless grapes 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 50533406 Dried non-GMO autumn seedless grapes is a Commodity code that does not reflect significant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a single dried-fruit product line—does not align with the recent solicitation data, which shows no purchases specifically of dried seedless grapes by any state or local issuing body in the dataset.

State and local procurement under codes within the food and agricultural commodity family instead concentrates on comprehensive grocery and fresh-produce contracts that bundle hundreds of line items across multiple product categories. School districts dominate the solicitation volume, with recent RFPs and IFBs from Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all seeking master grocery or fresh-produce supply contracts with terms running through June 2027. State health and human services agencies and county governments also participate—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued an IFB for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center, and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) solicited senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP food-safety compliance, and adherence to Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards appear consistently across school district solicitations. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, with multiple concurrent school-district solicitations, alongside activity in Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Mississippi. The broader procurement pattern emphasizes volume supply relationships with fixed pricing, firm delivery schedules to multiple sites, and competitive awards based on responsive-and-responsible bidder status and lowest cost—a structure in which specialty single-product lines like seedless grapes would compete as line items within larger master contracts rather than as standalone procurements.