UNSPSC 50544700: Frozen non GMO mulberries

The type of fruit from any of a genus (morus of the family moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes that has 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 50544700 Frozen non-GMO mulberries is a Class code that in practice encompasses a narrow commodity—frozen mulberries—but the recent state and local solicitations show little to no procurement activity specifically for this item. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code reflect broad grocery and food-service procurement by school districts and municipalities supporting child nutrition programs, where frozen mulberries, if procured at all, would be a minor line item within much larger food supply contracts spanning hundreds of products. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited over 1,100 grocery line items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services in June 2026 (due June 30, 2026, IFB BNB052266), and the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited over 900 grocery items for July 2026 through June 2027 (due April 29, 2026, NUTRIKIDS electronic submission). School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all posted fresh-produce and food-supply solicitations between February and June 2026. A single state procurement (Georgia) and one municipal grocery bid (Bridgeport, Connecticut) round out the sample, though the state opportunity lacks detail in the source.

Activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary posting activity in Connecticut. Recent school-nutrition solicitations emphasize fresh produce (apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes) and prepared or frozen grocery items rather than specialty frozen berries. Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items due June 26, 2026, and Douglas County School System, acting through the GEC Buying Cooperative, posted an RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across Georgia with proposals due March 4, 2026 and an estimated annual spend of approximately $5.5 million across both geographic areas. All school-district contracts run July 1 through June 30 and mandate Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), HACCP compliance, food-recall accessibility, firm pricing with limited mid-term adjustment only for documented market movements, and delivery Monday through Friday to multiple school sites. The code shows no recent standalone opportunities for frozen non-GMO mulberries; procurement activity flows through larger commodity food-service frameworks where frozen or specialty berries occupy a marginal position if included at all.