UNSPSC 50535834: Dried non GMO grand rosa plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO grand rosa 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 50535834 Dried non-GMO grand rosa plums, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within school nutrition and senior meal programs, where recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct demand for this specific item but substantial indirect opportunity through comprehensive grocery and fresh produce contracts that may include dried fruit categories. State and local governments buy under this code primarily through school districts and county nutrition authorities that source broad commodity baskets for child nutrition and senior meal programs, where dried plums may be specified as one line item among hundreds in larger food service procurements. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Fairfax County Public Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, and Douglas County School System all posted recent grocery or produce solicitations—alongside state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Florida), and specialized nutrition programs serving seniors and students. Recent opportunities show school nutrition programs and senior meal contractors sourcing comprehensive food baskets rather than individual dried-fruit SKUs; the City of Bridgeport's grocery bid (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) and Douglas County's food supply procurement (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026 with estimated annual spend of $9 million) exemplify the scale and scope of these integrated buys.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with Georgia school districts (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham) posting multiple fresh-produce and comprehensive-grocery solicitations, followed by solicitations in Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), Florida (Hillsborough County), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Texas (HHSC El Paso), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport). None of the recent opportunities explicitly isolated dried plums as a standalone requirement; instead, they appear as potential line items within broader fresh-produce or grocery categories subject to competitive bidding among multiple vendors. The Meriden Public Schools RFP (RFP02641, due February 25, 2026, anticipated contract value $3.1 million) and the City of Dallas meal-delivery solicitation (BFZ2600029731, due March 27, 2026) illustrate the operational complexity and scale of food service contracting, where dried fruit categories would compete for inclusion against competing commodity options. Vendors pursuing this code should expect to bid as part of multi-category master grocery or produce frameworks rather than as single-product suppliers, with emphasis on compliance with Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, and delivery logistics to school and senior service locations.