UNSPSC 50537027: Dried non GMO quenepas

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO quenepas 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 50537027 Dried non-GMO quenepas is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single dried fruit product, yet state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect meaningful recent solicitation for quenepas themselves. The recent opportunities block contains no direct procurements for dried quenepas; instead, the code has been applied to broad-based school nutrition and food service contracts spanning hundreds of line items—grocery supplies, fresh produce, meal preparation services, and institutional food distribution—where dried or specialty fruit items may appear as one component among many staple products. This mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either mis-tagging by issuing bodies or use of the code as a catch-all within larger food procurement families. State and local governments do purchase food products for schools, senior centers, and supported-living facilities through these channels, but activity targeting quenepas specifically is not visible in recent postings.

The issuing bodies soliciting under code 50537027 span school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut; Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County systems in Georgia; Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County, Florida), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission; State of Georgia), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Dallas; City of Meriden). The largest and most recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 RFQ for over 1,100 grocery line items with firm delivery by June 30, 2026; Hillsborough County's June 2026 ITB for three-year senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumables supporting a state-supported living center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million; and Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP for food supply and distribution across 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students with estimated annual expenditure of $9 million. Geographic concentration skews toward Georgia (multiple school systems and state procurement) and the Southeast broadly (Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi), with no clear national spread. The absence of quenepas-specific procurement and the pervasive mis-application of this code to mainstream food service and supply contracts suggest low current relevance for vendors focused exclusively on dried tropical fruit products.