UNSPSC 50586765: Non GMO sundance corn

The variety of Non GMO corn known as Non GMO sundance corn. 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 50586765 Non GMO sundance corn (Commodity) does not reflect the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code. The solicitations in the dataset show schools and districts buying fresh produce, dairy, eggs, beverages, and broad grocery items for child nutrition programs—not specialty corn varieties. The code as nominally defined sits too narrow to capture the institutional food service scope state and local buyers are actually pursuing.

School districts dominate the issuing bodies in the recent opportunities, including Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (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), supplemented by state procurement offices in Georgia and Missouri. These buyers issue RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for produce contracts typically running July 1 through June 30 annually, with response dates concentrated in late March through early May 2026. Georgia school nutrition programs and Texas independent school districts dominate the recent activity, followed by Missouri and Florida. The work involves weekly or twice-weekly delivery of fresh produce (apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables, citrus), eggs, dairy, grains, and prepared items directly to school sites between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with pricing firm for 12 months, HACCP certification and food safety documentation required, Buy American provisions enforced, and contracts renewable for multiple one-year periods. Early County Board of Education's RFP (due June 8, 2026) exemplifies the scope: line-by-line bids for 300+ food items across meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, produce, grains, and non-food supplies for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs across three schools, with domestic sourcing preference and low-sodium, no-added-sugar emphasis. Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 (due May 7, 2026) seeks fresh produce for child nutrition with Texas-grown preference through the "Harvest of the Month" program and monthly USDA price adjustments. Douglas County School System's cooperative-purchasing RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) covers fresh produce and eggs for 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for one geographic area alone.