UNSPSC 50593600: Dried Non GMO endives

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO endives 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 50593600 Dried Non GMO Endives is a Class code with little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers a narrow agricultural commodity—dried non-GMO endives—yet the most-recent solicitations posted under it span broad grocery procurement, fresh produce contracts, meal preparation services, and bulk food distribution for schools, counties, and municipalities. The mismatch between the code's specific commodity scope and the actual work being solicited suggests that state and local procurement offices are applying this code as a catch-all for general food and nutrition services rather than targeting dried endives specifically. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, with additional activity from city purchasing departments, county boards of education, a state health and human services commission, and a county board of commissioners. Repeat buyers include Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia). The scope of work ranges from comprehensive school nutrition programs supplying 1,100-plus line items of groceries and fresh produce to senior meal preparation and delivery services, boxed meal delivery for municipal events, and food service distribution supporting state-operated facilities.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and appears to shift toward school nutrition procurement broadly. Georgia school districts have posted multiple solicitations (Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County fresh produce and food supply), while additional recent activity is present in Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (state health and human services, City of Dallas), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases soliciting grocery items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services on IFB basis with a June 30, 2026 due date, Hancock County Board of Education requesting sealed bids on fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year with a June 26, 2026 due date, Fairfax County Public Schools issuing IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K–12 supply and delivery to 45 schools due April 27, 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services requesting food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026 under IFB HHS0017449. Because the code's nominal scope (dried non-GMO endives) bears no clear relationship to the actual solicitations posted, pursuit of this code should be guided by capability in the specific food service category (school nutrition, senior meals, bulk catering) rather than by the code label itself.