UNSPSC 50536005: Dried non GMO pink pomelo

The variety of non GMO pomelos known as non GMO pink pomelo that has 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 50536005 Dried non-GMO pink pomelo is a Commodity code representing a specialized dried fruit product, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal direct alignment with the code's narrow definition. Instead, the solicitations tagged to this code predominantly reflect broad school nutrition procurement, institutional food service contracting, and senior meal programs that span produce, grocery staples, and prepared foods far beyond dried pomelo. School districts—including Bridgeport, Hancock County (Georgia), Fairfax County (Virginia), Bulloch County (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County (Georgia), and Meriden (Connecticut)—dominate the issuing bodies, supported by state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia) and county governments (Hillsborough County, Florida; Douglas County, Georgia). The actual procurement activity centers on fresh produce sourcing (apples, berries, root vegetables, citrus), grocery items covering breakfast foods through condiments and proteins, and meal preparation and delivery services. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Board of Education's National School Lunch Program, with Buy American requirements and June 30, 2026 response deadline, and the Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP for food supply and distribution services supporting approximately 32,000 daily meals with a $9 million annual expenditure are representative examples.

Activity concentrates in Georgia (multiple school districts and state agencies), Florida (Hillsborough County), Virginia (Fairfax County), Connecticut (Meriden), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Texas. Most opportunities are school-nutrition contracts issued as IFBs or RFPs with July 2026 or July 2027 contract start dates and firm fixed-price or cost-plus-index pricing structures. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content recur across school-based solicitations. The Meriden Public Schools RFP (February 2026, due February 25, 2026) anticipated a contract value of approximately $3.1 million for the 2026–2027 school year; the Douglas County food supply RFP carried an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million. The code itself—dried non-GMO pink pomelo—appears to be a misclassification artifact in state and local procurement systems; vendors pursuing this taxonomy should expect activity to be commodity-agnostic school nutrition supply contracts, produce procurement, and food service operations rather than specialized dried-fruit sourcing.