UNSPSC 50545100: Frozen non GMO papayas

The type of succulent yellow fruit of a large plant (carica papaya) of the family caricaceae that is considered a tree, though its palmlike trunk, up to 8 m (26 feet) tall, is not as woody as the designation generally implies. 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 50545100 Frozen non-GMO papayas is a Class code that sits at a narrow intersection of school food service procurement — the recent opportunities show school districts and their cooperative purchasing vehicles soliciting frozen and fresh produce broadly, with papayas appearing as one line item among hundreds in multi-category grocery and produce RFQs and IFBs. State and local governments buy this code as part of comprehensive food service supply contracts that support the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, where frozen and fresh produce must meet USDA Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), whole-grain standards, low-sodium formulations, and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards. Issuing bodies span school districts of varying sizes (from small districts like Early County Board of Education and Hancock County to larger systems like Rockwood R-VI serving nearly 19,000 students and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System serving approximately 25,500 students), cooperative purchasing consortiums like the GEC Buying Cooperative bundling 30 Georgia school districts, and city procurement offices sourcing for school nutrition departments (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases for the Bridgeport Board of Education). All food service vendors must carry HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, maintain general liability and products liability insurance typically at $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, comply with E-Verify requirements, and submit to blind product testing and laboratory analysis at vendor expense.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia and Connecticut, with the most substantial recent solicitations posted between January and June 2026. Representative opportunities include the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for Fresh Produce SY27 (due June 26, 2026), which names papayas explicitly among over 200 fresh and specialty produce line items and serves three school locations; the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs covering 30 districts across two Georgia geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (proposals due March 4, 2026); and the Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation spanning over 900 line items with roughly 6,900 daily lunch participants (bids due April 29, 2026). Delivery requirements are uniform across solicitations — Monday through Friday between early morning and 2:00 p.m., with freight prepaid and firm pricing for the contract period (typically July 1 through June 30, with renewal options). Multiple-vendor award structures are common, allowing districts to designate primary and secondary suppliers by line item. The code shows modest but sustained activity driven by school calendar cycles and federal child nutrition program funding.