UNSPSC 50533436: Dried non GMO fantasy seedless grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO fantasy 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 50533436 Dried non-GMO fantasy seedless grapes (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within school nutrition and institutional food service procurement, though the recent state and local opportunities block shows limited direct activity specifically tagged to dried grape products and instead reflects broader grocery and fresh produce solicitations where dried fruits may appear as line items within larger food-service contracts.

State and local governments procuring under this code primarily source through school districts and county education boards focused on National School Lunch Program compliance, along with state health and human services agencies operating residential and congregate meal facilities. The Commodity code sits within a larger ecosystem of institutional food buying where dried grapes compete with fresh produce and packaged grocery items on nutrition standards, Buy American domestic-content requirements (typically 51 percent for processed products), and strict allergen and whole-grain compliance tied to federal child nutrition regulations. Recent opportunities show school districts in Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas, plus county-level social services in Florida, all issuing IFBs and ITBs for multi-hundred-line-item food contracts where individual commodities like dried grapes would be priced and delivered as part of consolidated vendor awards. Vendors must meet HACCP certification, provide nutritional labeling and ingredient documentation at bid submission, maintain cold-chain or shelf-stable delivery logistics to multiple school sites or facilities, accept electronic ordering systems such as LINQ School Solutions, and carry product-liability and general-liability insurance commonly set at $1 million to $2 million per occurrence.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South—Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education, posted June 2026), Georgia (Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce, posted June 2026; State of Georgia food supplies, posted May 2026), Texas (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, posted June 2026), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District, posted April 2026), and Florida (Hillsborough County senior meals, posted June 2026)—with no visible dried-grape-specific opportunities in the recent block. Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education IFB for over 1,100 line-item grocery items with a firm fixed price contract July 2026–June 2027 and blind product testing; Hancock County Board of Education IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items, firm pricing, and multiple delivery locations (due June 26, 2026); and the Texas HHSC IFB for food and consumables with a prior-period guideline value of $1.5 million (due July 13, 2026). No opportunities in the block are tagged directly to dried-fruit or dried-grape commodities, suggesting this specific Commodity code shows limited recent state and local solicitation activity or that buyers are tagging broader food-category codes instead.