UNSPSC 50534905: Dried non GMO arctic sweet nectarines

The variety of non GMO nectarines known as non GMO arctic sweet nectarines 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 50534905 Dried non-GMO arctic sweet nectarines, a Commodity code, nominally names a single dried-fruit product, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show no solicitations for dried nectarines. Instead, the code appears applied to broad food-service procurement across school nutrition, senior meal programs, and institutional food supply contracts that encompass fresh produce, groceries, and meal-delivery services spanning multiple product categories and vendors. The code does not align with the actual work being solicited—recent opportunities target comprehensive food and supply contracts rather than a specific dried-fruit commodity. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under the code include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County School System in Georgia), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), a state health and human services commission (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and municipalities (City of Dallas). School districts represent the plurality of recent activity, driven by Child Nutrition Program meal service and supply procurement. Repeat buyers include the Douglas County School System, which issued two separate RFPs in January and February 2026 for food supply and fresh produce procurement serving approximately 25,500 students across 32 schools with combined estimated annual spend exceeding $13 million.

Recent opportunities span the Southeast and Texas, with activity in Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Representative solicitations include Hancock County Board of Education (Sparta, Georgia) issuing an IFB for over 200 fresh produce line items for the 2026-27 school year with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting bids for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with proposals due July 13, 2026, under IFB HHS0017449 at an estimated historical value of $1.5 million annually. The Meriden Public Schools RFP (Connecticut) solicited commercial groceries, beverages, and produce for 8,200 students across 13 sites with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3,100,000 for 2026-27 and a February 25, 2026 proposal deadline. The Douglas County School System RFP for Food Supply and Distribution Services specified approximately $9,000,000 in annual expenditure for main-line food service distributor services, with sealed proposals due February 18, 2026. The code's application to comprehensive food-service procurement rather than the dried-nectarine commodity suggests either systematic miscoding or use of the code as a catch-all for food procurement; pursuit decisions should treat recent solicitations as broad grocery and institutional meal-service opportunities rather than specialty dried-fruit supply.