UNSPSC 50545206: Frozen non GMO maypops passion fruit

The variety of non GMO passion fruit known as non GMO maypops passion fruit 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 50545206 Frozen non-GMO maypops passion fruit is a Commodity code that spans specialty frozen produce items state and local governments purchase for school nutrition and institutional food service. The recent solicitation activity under this code, however, shows that state and local procurement offices are not currently soliciting frozen maypops passion fruit specifically; instead, they are requesting bids for broad grocery and fresh-produce categories that may include frozen items as one line among hundreds. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, for example, posted an IFB (BNB052266) on June 30, 2026 for over 1,100 grocery line items spanning breakfast foods, cereals, frozen products, vegetables, fruits, and meats to support the Bridgeport Board of Education's National School Lunch Program, with firm pricing and 48-hour delivery capability required. Similarly, the Rockwood R-VI School District in St. Louis County, Missouri solicited bids on over 900 grocery line items including fruits, vegetables, and prepared entrees with a contract period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and the Douglas County School System in Georgia posted an RFP for fresh produce and eggs to serve 30 school districts with an estimated annual spend of approximately $4.4 million for one geographic area and $1.1 million for another.

School districts and municipalities across Georgia, Missouri, and Connecticut are the primary issuing bodies under this code, with repeat activity from school-nutrition procurement offices. Recent solicitations show IFB and RFP notice types with response dates clustering in late April through June 2026. Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content (typically 51 percent), HACCP compliance, food-recall accessibility, E-Verify authorization, and liability insurance coverage of $1,000,000 or higher per occurrence are standard contract conditions across all buyers. Deliveries are required Monday through Friday between early morning and mid-afternoon to central warehouses or individual school sites, with all transportation and packing charges included in vendor pricing and no separate fuel surcharges permitted. The solicitations emphasize nutrition standards compliance, whole-grain requirements, low-sodium formulations, and products without artificial additives or nut allergens. No recent solicitation documents reviewed explicitly named frozen maypops passion fruit as a line item; the code appears to sit within a broader fresh and frozen produce category that state and local procurement offices are actively sourcing as part of larger, multi-item grocery and produce contracts.