UNSPSC 50537200: Dried non GMO olives

The type of non GMO fruit known as non GMO olive 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 50537200 Dried non-GMO olives, a Class code, does not reflect what state and local governments are actually buying in the recent solicitations tagged under this code. The posted opportunities span fresh produce procurement, comprehensive grocery supply for school nutrition programs, senior meal preparation and delivery services, and boxed meal delivery for municipal events — none of which center on dried olives or specialty preserved items. The issuing bodies are school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, and Douglas County School System), county and state purchasing offices (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for El Paso State Supported Living Center, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners for senior services, State of Georgia), and city procurement bureaus (City of Dallas, City of Meriden). The scope of actual procurements includes fresh produce items (apples, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, citrus), grocery staples (cereals, condiments, dairy, frozen goods, snacks), eggs, school nutrition products compliant with Buy American and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act standards, senior congregate and home-delivered meals, and catered meal delivery for municipal functions. The code assignment appears to be a taxonomy mismatch with no recent solicitation activity genuinely centered on dried non-GMO olives.

The recent opportunities cluster geographically in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic — Georgia (multiple school districts and state procurement), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (HHSC El Paso), Connecticut (Meriden and Bridgeport), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools) — with school nutrition procurement representing the majority of recent activity. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education with electronic bids due June 30, 2026 (IFB covering over 1,100 line items with Buy American requirements and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act compliance); Hancock County Board of Education requesting fresh produce bids with sealed bids due June 26, 2026 (IFB spanning 200-plus line items of fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year); Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026 (IFB with an estimated prior-period value of $1.5 million); Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners soliciting senior meal preparation and delivery services with bids due June 25, 2026 (ITB with estimated three-year contract value of $17,832,659.90); and Meriden Public Schools procuring commercial groceries and USDA Foods with proposals due February 25, 2026 (RFP with anticipated contract value of approximately $3,100,000 for 2026-27). The code does not support meaningful business development activity for dried non-GMO olives.