UNSPSC 50581735: Non GMO hardee avocados

The variety of Non GMO avocados known as Non GMO hardee avocados. 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 50581735 Non GMO hardee avocados, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual produce procurement activity in the recent state and local solicitation record. The code nominally targets a single specialty produce item — non-GMO Hass avocados — yet the fifteen recent opportunities spanning February through June 2026 focus instead on broad institutional fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs and state food service operations, with no offers specifically naming avocados as a line item. Representative recent solicitations include the Early County Board of Education (Statesboro, Georgia) seeking line-by-line bids for approximately 300 food items including meats, dairy, vegetables, and fruits for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs with a June 8, 2026 response date; Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) issuing an RFP for fresh produce delivery to 83 elementary, 21 middle, and 13 high schools with a May 7, 2026 deadline; and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) soliciting cost-plus fixed-fee contracts for specialty fruits and vegetables under the federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with an April 13, 2026 posting and March 11, 2026 deadline. The issuing-body mix is dominated by school districts (Early County Board of Education, Northside ISD, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Glynn County Board of Education, Rockwood R-VI School District, Douglas County School System) and state purchasing bodies (State of Georgia for fresh produce and food supplies), with participation from one county school district in Texas (Bexar County via Northside ISD) and multiple Georgia school nutrition programs coordinating through cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative.

The geographic spread concentrates heavily in Georgia (State of Georgia, Early County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, Muscogee County, Bulloch County, Douglas County School System) and Texas (Northside ISD in San Antonio, McAllen ISD in South Texas, Austin ISD in Travis County), with secondary activity in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District in St. Louis County). The procurement activity spans IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs with firm-pricing contracts running from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, with most bidding deadlines clustered in April and May 2026. Estimated contract values disclosed in the record range from $600,000 annually for Hillsborough County's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program to $4.4 million for Area One districts under the Douglas County cooperative procurement. Buyers consistently emphasize USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, HACCP certification, domestic-sourcing preferences, and price-indexing mechanisms tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or terminal market reports. The code's narrow commodity focus — a single avocado variety — misaligns with the broad institutional fresh produce supply chains actually being purchased; state and local buyers are not segmenting procurement by avocado type or sourcing non-GMO Hass avocados as a standalone line item in current solicitations.