UNSPSC 50591816: Dried Non GMO china yellow beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO china yellow 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 50591816 Dried Non GMO China Yellow Beans, a Commodity code, does not reflect current state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities in the source are tagged with this code but center on comprehensive school nutrition and senior meal programs — fresh produce, grocery staples, dairy, proteins, beverages, and prepared meals — rather than dried beans as a discrete ingredient line. The source includes solicitations for K-12 school nutrition grocery contracts, fresh produce for school districts, senior meal preparation and delivery, and institutional food service across Georgia, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Virginia, but none of these opportunities isolate dried beans or legumes as a procurement category. The issuing bodies span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Meriden Public Schools, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Douglas County School System, Hancock County Board of Education), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), city governments (Bridgeport, Dallas, Meriden), a state health services agency (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and a state purchasing office (Georgia), reflecting broad participation across K-12, higher education support, and senior services.

The geographic spread covers Georgia (multiple school districts and state procurement offices), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (El Paso, Dallas), Connecticut (Meriden), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Virginia (Fairfax County). Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's RFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education with electronic bids due June 30, 2026, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026 (historical value $1.5 million), Meriden Public Schools' RFP for commercial groceries and USDA Foods with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3.1 million for the 2026-2027 school year, and the Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution services supporting approximately 32,000 meals daily with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million. Code activity reflects school nutrition program purchasing and institutional food service demand; dried beans or bulk legume procurement does not surface as a standalone line item in any posted opportunity.