UNSPSC 50545412: Frozen non GMO conference pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO conference pears 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 50545412 Frozen non-GMO conference pears (Commodity) covers specialty frozen fruit products that school nutrition programs and food service distributors buy to support child nutrition initiatives, though the recent solicitation record shows the code receives little targeted state and local procurement activity in this narrow specification. The issuing bodies pursuing school nutrition contracts are predominantly school districts and school systems—Hancock County Board of Education, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Early County Board of Education, Douglas County School System, and City Schools of Decatur in Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and South Carolina—along with the City of Bridgeport's Department of Public Purchases and the State of Georgia. These jurisdictions solicit grocery and produce on line-item or category bases within broader school nutrition RFPs and IFBs that span hundreds of food items across breakfast and lunch programs, with fresh and frozen produce accounting for one subset of the total scope.

The geographic footprint centers on Georgia, where multiple school districts (Hancock, Early, Douglas, Savannah-Chatham, and City Schools of Decatur) posted produce or comprehensive food solicitations between February and June 2026, with additional activity in Connecticut (Bridgeport), Missouri (Rockwood), and statewide (Georgia). Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 due date spanning 200+ line items of fresh produce across three delivery sites; Rockwood R-VI School District's April 29, 2026 grocery bid encompassing over 900 line items with an estimated 6,900 daily lunch participants; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative, issued February 4, 2026, for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. All school nutrition solicitations mandate Buy American compliance (51% domestic agricultural content), HACCP plans, firm pricing for the contract period, and no fuel surcharges; however, the Commodity code's narrow focus on frozen non-GMO conference pears does not directly correspond to the line-item produce and food categories actually being procured, which emphasize fresh items, bulk quantities, and multiple varieties rather than a single frozen specialty fruit.