UNSPSC 50547009: Frozen non GMO dewberries

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO dewberries 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 50547009 Frozen non-GMO dewberries, a Commodity code, covers specialty frozen berries procured by state and local school nutrition programs to support meal preparation under federal child nutrition statutes. The code sees narrow but genuine activity in school food service procurement, primarily through school district IFBs and RFPs for annual grocery and frozen-product contracts that span multiple line items. State and local governments soliciting under this code are predominantly K–12 school districts and school system nutrition departments—entities serving 6,900 to 25,500 daily lunch and breakfast participants across individual districts or multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles. The actual procurement appears secondary to broader frozen-food and fresh-produce categories rather than dewberries as a standalone item; the source shows six recent school nutrition RFPs and IFBs covering comprehensive grocery baskets, frozen products, fresh produce, and dairy in which frozen berries (including dewberries where specified) represent line items within much larger scopes spanning 72 to 1,100+ SKUs. Nutrition standards under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Buy American domestic-content requirements (typically 51 percent for processed items), HACCP food-safety protocols, and no added sugar or artificial additive preferences drive specification language across these procurements.

The geographic concentration is heavy in Georgia and Missouri, with recent solicitations from the Douglas County School System (two RFPs), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut). The Douglas County School System, serving as a cooperative purchasing hub through the GEC Buying Cooperative, issued RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts in two geographic areas with estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, with proposals due March 4, 2026. Rockwood R-VI School District solicited grocery items for over 900 line items across child nutrition services for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with electronic bids due April 29, 2026 through the NUTRIKIDS system. Savannah-Chatham County Public School System issued Bid 26-34 for fresh produce (72 line items) with sealed-bid submissions due April 23, 2026 through Bonfire. Frozen-product specifications appear most directly in the City of Bridgeport (BNB052266, grocery items with frozen-product category, due June 30, 2026) and City Schools of Decatur (frozen foods and grocery IFB, due May 15, 2026). Contract terms uniformly run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options of one to four additional years, firm fixed pricing with limited escalation for documented market moves, and delivery Monday through Friday to central warehouses or individual school sites. No incumbent vendors are disclosed in the source materials, and no specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the Georgia or Missouri procurements reviewed.