UNSPSC 50581834: Non GMO lima beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO lima beans. 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 50581834 Non GMO lima beans is a Commodity code, but recent state and local procurement activity shows minimal direct solicitation of this specific product line. School districts and county education systems across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida are actively buying fresh produce for child nutrition programs—including fruits, vegetables, eggs, and prepared produce items—through RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs, yet lima beans (whether GMO or non-GMO) do not appear as line items in the detailed produce specifications published in these solicitations. The Douglas County School System's cooperative purchasing agreement for fresh produce and eggs, the Northside Independent School District's fresh-produce RFP serving 127 campuses across the San Antonio area, and Hillsborough County Public Schools' USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program procurement each list 60 to 72 produce line items with explicit unit quantities, pack sizes, and delivery specifications—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, citrus, and leafy greens predominate—but lima beans do not appear by name in any specification sheet.

Activity under this commodity code is not materially visible in current state and local procurement. Issuing bodies include school districts (Northside Independent in San Antonio, Early County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, and others), county education systems (Glynn County, Muscogee County, Bulloch County), and large urban school systems (Austin ISD, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, McAllen ISD). Opportunities cluster in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida, with procurement cycles typically opening February through May for contract periods beginning July 1 and running through June 30 of the following year. The code's narrow focus on non-GMO lima beans as a distinct commodity does not align with how state and local purchasers actually source produce—most contracts award on a line-item basis across broad vegetable categories without isolating specific varieties or GMO status as separate procurement drivers. A vendor seeking activity under this code should verify whether school district produce specifications or state cooperative purchasing vehicles (such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts) include lima beans as a distinct line item before pursuing; the recent solicitation record does not support material opportunity concentration in this specific commodity.