UNSPSC 50554422: Canned or jarred non GMO minneola tangelo oranges

The variety of tangelo is 1/2 tangerine and 1/2 grapefruit. 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 50554422 Canned or jarred non-GMO minneola tangelo oranges is a Commodity code that captures canned and jarred shelf-stable fruit products sourced by state and local food service operations, school districts, and institutional cafeteria systems. Recent state and local opportunities show the code applied to broader food commodity procurement rather than exclusively to minneola tangelo oranges—solicitations name canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and mixed shelf-stable food items. The issuing bodies include county boards of education, state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, municipal boards of education, county boards of commissioners, and school districts. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, the State of Illinois, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission appear as repeat buyers in the recent-opportunities block. Scope of work spans food service supply to senior centers, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school cafeterias, and nutrition programs, with products delivered to central distribution centers or school nutrition facilities on firm fixed-price terms and brand-or-equal specifications common across procurements.

Activity is concentrated in Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Oregon, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote (IWQ) for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items with delivery to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center and a response date of October 19, 2026; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's proposal solicitation for weekly food orders to the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy with a response date of August 24, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections' invitation to bid (ITB) for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem and a response date of July 31, 2026; Austin Independent School District's request for proposals for dried fruit bars and apple crisps with a response date of July 16, 2026; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's invitation for bids for food and consumable products to the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a response date of July 13, 2026. Buy American provisions requiring domestic agricultural commodity content appear in several school district and state-agency procurements; Oregon applies a 5 percent preference for in-state fabrication or processing and a 5 percent preference for Oregon-headquartered vendors. Awards are made on lowest-responsive-and-responsible or best-value criteria, with firm fixed pricing and FOB Destination delivery standard across most solicitations.