UNSPSC 50542709: Frozen non GMO searless cranberries

The variety of non GMO cranberries known as non GMO searless cranberries that have been frozen 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 50542709 Frozen non-GMO seedless cranberries (Commodity) represents a narrow frozen fruit product line that state and local governments procure primarily as a component of broader school nutrition program grocery contracts rather than as standalone items. Recent solicitations show this code tagged to comprehensive food-service RFPs and IFBs spanning hundreds of line items across breakfast items, frozen goods, produce, dairy, and prepared foods — not to cranberry-specific tenders. The code sits within school district child nutrition procurement dominated by the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance requirements, including Buy American provisions (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content), Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, whole-grain mandates, low-sodium formulations, and HACCP food-safety certification. Issuing bodies are exclusively school districts and boards of education at the local and county level; no state departments, cities, or transit authorities appear in recent activity under this code.

Geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia, where Douglas County School System (RFP for fresh produce and eggs across two regional areas serving 30 districts, $5.5 million estimated annual spend), Hancock County Board of Education (fresh produce IFB for July 2026–June 2027), Early County Board of Education (line-by-line food bids), Decatur City Schools (frozen foods and grocery IFB), and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (fresh produce annual contract) all posted tenders between February and June 2026. Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, grocery items RFQ for Bridgeport Board of Education, due June 30, 2026) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District child nutrition grocery items, over 900 line items, due April 29, 2026) round out recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education grocery procurement (RFQ, 1,100+ line items, June 30, 2026 deadline, delivery to central warehouse and school sites Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., prepaid freight on standard pallets) and the Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce IFB (200+ line items including berries and specialty fruits, sealed bids due June 26, 2026, three delivery locations, July 2026–June 2027 term). No recent opportunities explicitly solicit frozen cranberries as a standalone product or target this Commodity code directly; activity under this code reflects its inclusion as one line item among many in routine school food-service contracts.