UNSPSC 50547224: Frozen non GMO picholine olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO picholine olives 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 50547224 Frozen non-GMO picholine olives (Commodity) appears rarely in current state and local procurement activity. While the code nominally specifies a single specialty olive product, the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for frozen picholine olives specifically. Instead, the sourced opportunities span broad grocery and food-service procurement across school districts, cities, and counties—encompassing hundreds of line items each for produce, proteins, dairy, grains, frozen items, and condiments. These solicitations treat olives (if mentioned) as incidental to larger food-supply contracts rather than as discrete procurement targets. School districts including Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Early County Schools (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) are the primary issuing bodies, supplemented by the State of Georgia for kitchen products and supplies. The work solicited is predominantly school nutrition program support under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with deliveries to central warehouses and individual school sites, firm pricing for 12-month terms, Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products, HACCP plan compliance, and food recall procedures.

The geographic concentration is heavily weighted toward Georgia, with active procurements also in Connecticut, Missouri, and statewide operations by Georgia itself. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's solicitation for over 1,100 grocery line items (IFB, due June 30, 2026), Hancock County Schools' fresh-produce RFP spanning 200+ items (due June 26, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million to $1.1 million by area (due March 4, 2026). These contracts typically award on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bidder basis, permit multiple-vendor awards by line item, require commercial general liability insurance of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, mandate E-Verify compliance and federal debarment certification, and impose firm pricing with no fuel surcharges, prepaid freight, and payment terms of Net 30 to Net 45 days. No recent opportunities in the block show procurement specifically for frozen non-GMO picholine olives as a standalone item or as a tracked commodity.