UNSPSC 50591804: Dried Non GMO barlotti beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO barlotti beans that have been dried for preservation. 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 50591804 Dried Non GMO barlotti beans is a Commodity code that captures a narrow ingredient input for school meals and institutional food service operations. State and local governments procure this item primarily as a line item within larger food service contracts for K–12 school nutrition programs and aging/welfare institutions, where it serves as a protein-rich staple in breakfast and lunch menus. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and school boards, supported by state health and human services agencies purchasing on behalf of state-operated facilities. School districts dominate the recent opportunity mix, purchasing dried beans as part of broader competitive solicitations for breakfast items, vegetables, and institutional food supplies that must meet Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards and Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products.

Recent procurement activity shows school districts across Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas, along with state-level health authorities, soliciting food service supplies that explicitly include dried legumes as itemized line items. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued Solicitation BNB052266 on June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 line items of grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education, with electronic bids due the same day through OpenGov e-Procurement; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce and ancillary items with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, for the 2026–27 school year; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services issued IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026, valued at approximately $1.5 million for the prior contract year; and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi solicited sealed bids on April 23, 2026, for Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program packaged meal boxes due April 29, 2026. Dried beans appear as itemized components within these broader institutional food service contracts rather than as standalone procurements, reflecting their role as a cost-effective, shelf-stable protein ingredient embedded in menu planning and nutrition compliance frameworks.