UNSPSC 50536200: Dried non GMO raspberries

The type of usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries 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 50536200 Dried non-GMO raspberries, a Class code, shows minimal direct procurement activity in recent state and local solicitations; while the code nominally names a single product line, the recent opportunities tagged under it span broad grocery and food service categories that encompass dried raspberries only incidentally if at all. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipal governments are the primary issuing bodies soliciting food products in this taxonomic space, but they are sourcing comprehensive food service contracts—main-line grocery supply, fresh produce, meal preparation and delivery, and institutional feeding—rather than specialized commodity purchases of dried non-GMO raspberries as a distinct line item. The few recent opportunities that do reference fresh produce (such as Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's fresh produce contract) specify berry categories including raspberries, but dried non-GMO raspberries do not appear as a separately itemized specification in any of the posted solicitations; instead, vendors are asked to supply fresh or frozen berries as part of larger nutritional programs serving school lunch, senior meal services, and institutional food operations.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia (Douglas County School System food supply and produce RFPs, Bulloch County Board of Education grocery bid, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System fresh produce contract, State of Georgia food and kitchen products bid), Florida (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners senior meal delivery, estimated value $17.8 million over three years), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools grocery and USDA foods RFP, anticipated value approximately $3.1 million for 2026–2027), and Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission food and consumables IFB for El Paso State Supported Living Center, historical value $1.5 million for prior period), with additional activity in Mississippi, Virginia, and Ohio. Representative opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026, covering 45 schools plus distribution centers), City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases grocery bid for Bridgeport Board of Education (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, spanning over 1,100 line items with Buy American compliance), and Douglas County School System food supply and distribution RFP (due February 18, 2026, estimated annual value approximately $9 million serving approximately 25,500 students). The code shows no specialized procurement pathway for dried non-GMO raspberries; vendors pursuing this commodity should evaluate opportunities under broader grocery and fresh produce contracts where raspberries appear as line-item specifications within school nutrition programs or institutional food service.