UNSPSC 50592500: Dried Non GMO carrots

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO carrots that has 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 50592500 Dried Non-GMO Carrots (Class) represents a narrow commodity within the broader school nutrition and institutional food service procurement landscape, where state and local governments source ingredients and finished food products to support child nutrition programs, senior meal services, and facility food operations. The recent opportunities tagged under this code show that state and local buyers are procuring carrots and other fresh and processed produce as line items within larger grocery and food-supply contracts rather than as standalone dried-carrot purchases; the code's nominal scope does not align cleanly with the mixed fresh and processed produce solicitations appearing in the recent-opportunities block. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and county commissions are the primary issuing bodies, and they source food items under the National School Lunch Program, USDA Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed products), and compliance with Title VII nutrition standards. Contracts typically run one or two years with optional renewals, include firm fixed pricing with allowances for CPI adjustments or major market-condition escalations on advance notice, and require vendor compliance with HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, insurance minimums ($1 million to $2 million per occurrence), and blind laboratory testing for product acceptability.

Recent activity spans the Southeast and Gulf Coast, with school districts in Connecticut, Georgia, and Mississippi, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and Hillsborough County, Florida all soliciting food and produce items between April and June 2026. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (on behalf of Bridgeport Board of Education) posted IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 line-item grocery items with a June 30, 2026 response deadline; Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) posted IFB SN002-2027 for over 200 line-item fresh produce items including multiple carrot varieties with a June 26, 2026 deadline; Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for El Paso State Supported Living Center with a July 13, 2026 deadline and a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million; and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners posted ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years with a June 25, 2026 deadline. The code shows little activity as a standalone dried-carrot procurement; dried carrots appear as incidental items within large multi-line-item food-service contracts rather than as primary procurement drivers.