UNSPSC 50534202: Dried non GMO key limes

The variety of lime grown especially in the florida keys and adjacent area. 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 50534202 Dried non-GMO key limes is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity in state and local government contracting; the code does not correspond to the scope of recent opportunities actually being solicited. The recent state and local solicitations posted under this code — spanning school districts, counties, and state agencies across Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia — are overwhelmingly procurement requests for comprehensive grocery supply, fresh produce, prepared meals, and food service distribution. These opportunities include master grocery contracts for K-12 schools, fresh produce and egg procurement for multi-district buying cooperatives, senior meal preparation and delivery services, summer packaged meal boxes, and food supply distribution serving tens of thousands of students and seniors daily. None of the ten opportunities explicitly name dried key limes or specialty citrus products as line items; the code classification appears to be a tagging artifact rather than an accurate reflection of the commodities being purchased.

The issuing bodies are school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Meriden Public Schools, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Hancock County Board of Education) and county or state food service operations (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases for the Board of Education, Douglas County School System via GEC Buying Cooperative, City of Dallas, and the State of Georgia). Geographic concentration includes Georgia (five opportunities posted between January and June 2026), Florida and Texas (two opportunities each), Connecticut and Mississippi (one each), and Virginia (one). The contract values where disclosed range from approximately $1.5 million for the Texas state-supported living center to $17.8 million over three years for Hillsborough County senior services and $9 million annually for Douglas County food supply across 32 schools. Bidders pursuing opportunities under this code should verify the actual commodity scope in the full RFP or IFB documents before allocating resources, as the code-level classification does not align with what state and local food service buyers are actually procuring.