UNSPSC 50586839: Non GMO long beans

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO long 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 50586839 Non GMO long beans is a Commodity code that does not reflect recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains seventeen recent solicitations from state education agencies, school districts, and county boards across multiple states, yet none specifically names non-GMO long beans or beans of any type as a line item or procurement focus. Instead, the recent opportunities overwhelmingly solicited fresh produce for school nutrition programs—apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, celery, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, onions, citrus fruits, potatoes, and eggs—through RFPs, RFQs, ITBs, and IFBs with response dates between March and June 2026. The code's nominal scope does not align with what state and local governments are actually buying under this classification.

The issuing bodies are exclusively school districts and county boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida, including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County, Missouri), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), 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). These jurisdictions procure fresh produce through cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative and issue solicitations on an annual or biennial basis to support National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program operations. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas. Given the mismatch between the code's stated commodity (non-GMO long beans) and the actual procurement landscape (broad fresh produce categories for institutional food service), this code offers limited targeted pursuit opportunity for vendors focused on beans or legumes as a specialty product line.