UNSPSC 50547024: Frozen non GMO pepinos

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO pepinos 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 50547024 Frozen non-GMO pepinos (Commodity) represents a narrowly defined produce item that state and local governments source primarily through school nutrition procurement. However, the recent solicitations in the source record show no direct procurement activity for this specific commodity; instead, school districts and education agencies are buying frozen and fresh produce as part of broader grocery and meal-service contracts that span hundreds of line items across multiple produce categories, proteins, dairy, and dry goods. The City of Bridgeport's IFB for grocery items (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) encompasses frozen products among over 1,100 line items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, and the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs (PE64810NONST2026000000047, due March 4, 2026) structures awards on a line-item basis to allow multiple vendors to supply different produce categories competitively. Issuing bodies in recent activity are predominantly school districts and boards of education across multiple states, with administrative and logistics support from centralized nutrition services departments; the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP serves 30 school districts across two geographic areas in Georgia as a pooled procurement vehicle.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with school-year cycles running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The Douglas County School System RFP (PE64810NONST2026000000047) covers 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, due March 4, 2026, structured as a cost-plus-unit-pricing model with produce prices benchmarked against USDA Atlanta Terminal Wholesale Market Reports. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Bid 26-34, due April 23, 2026) procures 72 fresh produce items with estimated quantities reaching 21,125 cases annually for Fuji apples, requiring delivery to 60 school sites on Net 40 payment terms. The City of Bridgeport's broader grocery procurement (due June 30, 2026) mandates Buy American compliance—at least 51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients—and blind laboratory testing for seasoning, color, texture, taste, and specification compliance at vendor expense. School districts uniformly require HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, general liability insurance of $1 million per occurrence or higher, E-Verify authorization, and firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges; contracts typically permit renewal for multiple one-year terms at the district's discretion. No recent opportunities in the source explicitly name frozen non-GMO pepinos as a line item.