UNSPSC 50537217: Dried non GMO lugano olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO lugano olives 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 50537217 Dried non-GMO Lugano olives (Commodity) appears in state and local procurement activity primarily as line-item components within broader grocery, food service, and school nutrition solicitations rather than as standalone specialty-ingredient procurements. The recent record shows no dedicated RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB specifically for dried olives; instead, this commodity surfaces embedded in multi-thousand-line-item grocery and produce bids where it may or may not be explicitly itemized. School districts, county boards of education, and municipal food service operations procure groceries and fresh produce for child nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food service; the code itself represents a narrow specialty ingredient within those broader categories. When present in solicitations, dried non-GMO olives appear as one among dozens or hundreds of staple and specialty food items, subject to Buy American provisions (typically 51 percent domestic content for processed products), USDA compliance, and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards where K-12 procurement applies. Vendors supplying this commodity compete as part of diversified food distributors or specialty suppliers rather than as single-commodity specialists.

School districts dominate the recent activity: Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), and Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) all issued grocery or produce RFPs and IFBs between January and June 2026, with response windows spanning February through July 2026. City and county food service operations—including the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), the City of Dallas, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission—procure food and consumables for school nutrition, senior meal programs, and state-supported living centers. Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Hancock County) and the broader Southeast, with scattered activity in Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include Fairfax County's Master Grocery K-12 IFB (bid due April 27, 2026, minimum $3.1 million estimated value), Bulloch County's comprehensive School Nutrition Grocery Bid for 2026-2027 (IFB due May 4, 2026), Meriden Public Schools' Commercial & USDA Foods RFP (bid due February 25, 2026, approximately $3.1 million), and Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution RFP (due February 18, 2026, approximately $9 million estimated expenditure). The code itself does not support standalone opportunity assessment; success requires embedded positioning within broader grocery or specialty-food distribution agreements serving institutional buyers.