UNSPSC 50582805: Non GMO swiss chard

The variety of Non GMO chard known as Non GMO swiss chard. 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 50582805 Non GMO swiss chard is a Commodity-level code that captures state and local procurement of fresh produce items, particularly leafy greens and specialty vegetables supplied to school nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and state agency cafeteria systems. Recent solicitations under this code reflect institutional buyers purchasing fresh produce through line-item competitive bidding processes, with vendors required to meet USDA food safety standards, maintain HACCP certification, comply with Buy American provisions, and deliver on fixed weekly or daily schedules to multiple school sites or central distribution points. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, ranging from small rural districts (Early County Board of Education in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia) to large urban systems (Northside Independent School District in Texas serving 127 schools; Austin Independent School District in Texas; McAllen Independent School District in Texas serving 31 campuses). State agencies and county school systems also solicit under this code, as do regional cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative, which aggregates demand across 30 Georgia school districts. Vendors must typically supply 50 to 72 produce line items annually, with estimated quantities ranging from specialty items (5,900 units of strawberry clamshells for Glynn County Board of Education) to high-volume staples (21,125 cases of Fuji apples for Savannah-Chatham County Public School System). Delivery windows are consistently tight—6:00 AM to 2:30 PM on weekday mornings—with vendors responsible for all transportation and temperature control costs.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas. Georgia school districts issued at least 11 recent solicitations (Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County through GEC, and State of Georgia directly), while Texas independent school districts posted at least four opportunities (Northside in San Antonio, Austin, McAllen, and Rockwood R-VI in St. Louis County, Missouri). Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools solicited produce for its federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under RFP 26RFP034, with proposals due March 11, 2026, and an estimated annual budget of $600,000. Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education (IFB, June 8, 2026 deadline, seeking line-by-line bids for 300+ food items including produce under the National School Lunch Program), Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (RFP 2026-048, May 7, 2026 deadline, seeking USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable-compliant fresh produce for 127 schools with 35% evaluation weight on purchase price), McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029, March 6, 2026 deadline, serving 20,000 students across 31 campuses with multivendor awards), and Douglas County School System aggregating demand across 30 Georgia districts through GEC (RFP SN 26-004, March 4, 2026 deadline, with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million). Most procurements award on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bidder basis with line-item flexibility, permit multiple vendors per district, and include price escalation caps (typically 3–5% threshold) tied to USDA market reports or Consumer Price Index data.