UNSPSC 50591844: Dried Non GMO pinto beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO pinto 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 50591844 Dried Non GMO pinto beans (Commodity) covers dried legume products purchased by state and local governments primarily through school nutrition and institutional food service contracts. Recent solicitations show this code captures line-item procurement within comprehensive grocery and fresh produce bids rather than standalone dried-bean purchases; state and local buyers typically source dried pinto beans as part of larger food-supply agreements serving school cafeterias, senior meal programs, and state-supported living facilities. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary activity from county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipal purchasing departments coordinating on behalf of school nutrition programs. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Douglas County School System, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System have all posted recent multi-item grocery and produce solicitations under which dried beans would be specified as line items; these contracts enforce Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), require USDA compliance, and demand Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act adherence and nutritional labeling.

Opportunities cluster in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic — Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham), Connecticut (Meriden, Bridgeport), Florida (Hillsborough County), Virginia (Fairfax), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Texas (El Paso) — with activity across school-year procurement cycles (primarily posting in February through June for July 1 contract starts). Representative recent solicitations include Bridgeport's June 2026 grocery bid covering 1,100+ line items with electronic submission by June 30; Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 Master Grocery K-12 IFB requiring delivery to 45 schools and a central warehouse by April 27; and Douglas County School System's January-February 2026 food-supply RFP serving 25,500 students with an estimated $9 million annual spend. These contracts typically run one year with renewal options, require firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, demand F.O.B. destination delivery on firm schedules, and impose strict food safety and insurance compliance (general liability $1–2 million per occurrence). Dried pinto beans appear as specification items within these broader solicitations rather than as standalone procurements, making success contingent on inclusion in competitive grocery distributor lineups that meet large-scale school district delivery and cold-chain requirements.