UNSPSC 50585407: Non GMO kapia peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO kapia peppers. 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 50585407 Non GMO kapia peppers (Commodity) describes fresh specialty peppers procured by school districts and state agencies for child nutrition and food service operations. Recent state and local solicitations show purchasing focused on produce procurement for school lunch and breakfast programs, with kapia peppers appearing as a line item within broader fresh produce and vegetable buys. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) have all posted fresh produce RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs in the past four months—alongside state purchasing for general food and kitchen products. Georgia and Texas account for the heaviest recent activity; Missouri, Florida, and multistate cooperative procurements also appear.

Representative solicitations include Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid (RFQ, due June 8, 2026) encompassing 300+ food items for National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs with emphasis on domestic sourcing, whole-grain options, and low-sodium formulations; Northside Independent School District's fresh produce RFP (due May 7, 2026) requiring USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable-compliant produce delivered five days weekly with pricing indexed to USDA Specialty Crops Terminal Markets Standard Reports; Bulloch County School District's farm-to-school RFP (due May 4, 2026) for 24 locally grown produce items within 200 miles of the county; and Douglas County School System's cooperative buying RFP (due March 4, 2026) spanning 30 school districts across Georgia with approximately $4.4 million annual spending in Area One alone. Most solicitations require vendors to maintain HACCP plans, carry $1 million general liability insurance, comply with Buy American provisions, and deliver Monday through Friday within restricted windows (typically 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM). School districts reserve the right to award line-item contracts to multiple vendors and frequently renew annually; none of the recent opportunities identify incumbent vendors or specify set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises.