UNSPSC 50535803: Dried non GMO aurora plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO aurora plums 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 50535803 Dried non-GMO aurora plums is a Commodity code that designates a single produce line item, but state and local governments procuring under this code do so as part of much broader food service solicitations—comprehensive grocery, fresh produce, and meal service contracts that bundle dozens or hundreds of product SKUs. The recent opportunities block contains no standalone aurora-plum solicitations; instead, the code appears as one line item within large school nutrition, senior meal, and institutional food service RFPs and IFBs. State and local issuing bodies soliciting food products include school districts (Bridgeport, Fairfax County, Meriden Public Schools, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County, Pascagoula-Gautier, and Hancock County), county and regional school systems, state health and human services agencies (Texas HHS Commission, Georgia Department of Education), county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Florida), and city procurement offices (Dallas, Bridgeport). School nutrition programs represent the dominant buyer segment, followed by senior meal services and institutional cafeteria operations. Individual product lines like dried aurora plums are almost never bid separately; instead, vendors bid on master grocery or produce frameworks that include 50 to over 1,000 line items, with award often made to one or multiple vendors based on lowest cost per item or total contract value.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast, with recent solicitations from Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, State Department of Education), Florida (Hillsborough County), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), and Texas (HHS Commission, City of Dallas). Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools) and broader multi-state school cooperative purchasing also appear. Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery procurement (BNB052266, IFB, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items with firm pricing and National School Lunch Program compliance; Douglas County School System's food supply RFP (PE64810NONST2026000000046, due February 18, 2026) requesting approximately $9 million annually in main-line food service distribution across 32 schools; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (due June 26, 2026) covering over 200 produce line items; and Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners' senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB 26-00289, due June 25, 2026) valued at $17.8 million over three years. All school nutrition contracts require Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), HACCP plans with 24/7 recall capability, firm fixed pricing, and compliance with USDA nutrition standards and child nutrition regulations. Aurora plums and similar dried-fruit items appear in produce and grocery schedules but are seldom the primary procurement focus; success requires integrated capacity across multiple product categories, reliable delivery infrastructure, food safety documentation, and competitive unit pricing.