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 is a Commodity code that sees limited direct solicitation in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities block contains no active bids specifically for dried lima beans as a standalone line item. Instead, dried beans and legumes appear as component line items within broader grocery and food service contracts—school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply agreements—where lima beans might be specified among dozens of vegetable and protein options rather than procured as a named commodity. The code does not reflect standalone dried-bean procurement activity in the visible recent state and local contracting environment.

State and local governments procuring under broader food-service and nutrition codes (which would encompass dried beans at the Family or Class tier) are primarily school districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipalities. Recent school nutrition solicitations from Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County, Georgia; Bulloch County, Georgia; Meriden, Connecticut; and Douglas County, Georgia all reference comprehensive grocery specifications that would include legumes, but the opportunities are structured as master grocery or food-supply contracts with response dates in April through July 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Hillsborough County, Florida have also posted food-service procurement. These issuing bodies typically award to distributors or food-service vendors who stock dried beans alongside fresh produce, dairy, and proteins rather than to commodity suppliers. Buyers in this space require USDA compliance documentation, HACCP food safety plans, delivery logistics to multiple school sites, and nutritional labeling. If dried non-GMO lima beans are a product line your firm carries, positioning them within a master grocery distributor contract is the operative route; pursuing the code as a single-commodity procurement is unlikely to yield current opportunities.