UNSPSC 50591834: Dried Non GMO lima beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO lima 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 50591834 Dried Non GMO lima beans (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within school nutrition and institutional food service procurement. State and local governments—primarily school districts and county nutrition programs—solicit dried lima beans as components of larger food-service contracts that span produce, proteins, and shelf-stable staples. The solicitations show lima beans appearing within broader grocery or fresh-produce buys rather than as standalone line items; the code reflects individual SKU-level taxonomy within aggregated food-service category buys. Issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county social-services agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Florida), and state health-and-human-services facilities (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). Procurement offices are consolidating food sourcing across National School Lunch Program compliance, Buy American domestic-content thresholds (typically 51% for processed agricultural commodities), and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with documented recent solicitations from Connecticut (Bridgeport), Texas (El Paso), Georgia (Hancock County), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier). Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for grocery items (response due June 30, 2026), which encompassed over 1,100 line items with firm fixed pricing, Net 45 payment, and mandatory blind testing; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at El Paso State Supported Living Center (proposals due July 11, 2026, with a prior-period spend of $1.5 million); and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (sealed bids due June 26, 2026) spanning over 200 produce items with three delivery locations. Lima beans typically appear as one of many line items in these multi-category food contracts, priced on firm fixed basis with freight prepaid and subject to USDA compliance documentation and laboratory testing at vendor expense.