UNSPSC 50553630: Canned or jarred non GMO mission grapes

The variety of non GMO wine grapes known as non GMO mission grapes 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 50553630 Canned or jarred non GMO mission grapes (Commodity) covers shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service—specifically the canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, and mission-grape variants that appear in recent school district, corrections, health and human services, and senior services solicitations. The code sees steady activity from a mix of issuing bodies: state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas HHSC, Illinois state facilities), county school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), county boards (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), municipal education systems (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and state-operated long-term care and correctional facilities. These buyers procure canned fruit and fruit products as components of broader food-service contracts serving incarcerated populations, residents of state-supported living centers, veterans' homes, and school meal programs. Products are typically procured under IFB, ITB, or RFP notice types with firm fixed pricing on a per-case or per-unit basis, and vendors must meet USDA commodity specifications, FDA compliance, minimum shelf-life requirements, and liability insurance thresholds.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia (Gwinnett County's October 2026 food procurement for senior services; Hancock County Schools' June 2026 fresh-produce IFB; State of Georgia's May 2026 food-supplies bid), Illinois (State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's multiple quarterly food-order solicitations for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy in August and June 2026), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections' canned applesauce ITBs in July and May 2026, both requiring delivery to Salem with historical pricing near $21.84–$21.83 per case), Texas (Texas HHSC's supplemental food and consumables IFB in May 2026 with a $4.5 million potential three-year value; Texas TDCJ's cafeteria food products IFB issued May 2026; Austin ISD's dried-fruit RFP in June 2026), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport's commodities IFB in June 2026). Oregon offers stacked preference (5% for in-state fabrication plus 5% for resident bidders), while most other jurisdictions apply Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content in processed products. Contract terms typically run one fiscal or calendar year with optional renewals; delivery windows are frequently 45–72 hours to onsite distribution centers or school warehouses, and awards are made to lowest responsive and responsible bidders unless best-value criteria are specified.