UNSPSC 50551615: Canned or jarred non GMO early bright apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO early bright apricots that have been canned or jarred 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 50551615 Canned or jarred non-GMO early bright apricots is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable canned fruit and related preserved produce for food service operations, institutional dining, and nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying canned apricots, applesauce, and comparable canned fruits as part of broader food-supply contracts for correctional facilities, veterans homes, school districts, county social services, and state health agencies. The code sits within a larger ecosystem of food-commodity purchasing where issuing bodies typically acquire multiple line items of preserved fruits, canned vegetables, proteins, and staples in single RFQs or ITBs, with individual fruit items sometimes tagged to this code even when the actual solicitation bundles dozens of SKUs. Issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), county boards of education (Hancock County, Gwinnett County in Georgia), independent school districts (Austin ISD, Bridgeport Board of Education), and special-purpose facilities (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Veterans Home). Counties and school districts dominate recent activity, with state-agency procurement appearing primarily in corrections and health/human services.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast and West, with Georgia (Gwinnett County Schools, Hancock County Schools, State of Georgia), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), Oregon (ODOC procurement), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Austin ISD), and Connecticut (Bridgeport) showing the most activity. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for canned applesauce (S2910000016975 due June 2, 2026, and S2910000017453 due July 31, 2026) at approximately 2,000 and 4,760 cases respectively, with a historical award price near $21.83 per case; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office posted multiple quarterly food-service RFPs for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (FY-27 Q4 due August 24, 2026); Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable foods including canned items (due October 19, 2026); Hancock County Schools issued an IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) that specified multiple apple varieties and berries; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued two large food-supply ITBs (HHS0016792v2 and HHS0017449) covering 210+ line items each with historical annual spend around $1.5 million; and the City of Bridgeport issued a commodities IFB for the Board of Education Nutrition Center (due June 26, 2026) specifying 115 line items under Buy American requirements. Geographic concentration suggests the strongest recent activity in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Connecticut, with sporadic smaller procurements in other jurisdictions.