UNSPSC 50593903: Dried Non GMO bottle gourd

The variety of Non GMO gourds known as Non GMO bottle gourd 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 50593903 Dried Non GMO bottle gourd is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments actually buy under the recent opportunities tagged with this classification. The opportunities instead consistently solicit comprehensive food service procurement — school nutrition grocery contracts, fresh produce supply, senior meal preparation and delivery, and institutional food service — that span dozens or hundreds of line items across protein, dairy, produce, grains, and prepared items. Dried bottle gourd does not appear in any of the representative solicitations. State and local buyers in this code family are school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Meriden Public Schools, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county and municipal governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, City of Dallas, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and special-purpose boards. The code appears to be a tagging artifact rather than a reflection of actual procurement scope.

Recent activity is concentrated in school nutrition procurement across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, with nine of thirteen posted opportunities issued by school districts or school food authorities in Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, and Mississippi, typically under IFB or RFP notice types with response dates in April through July 2026. Representative opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB, April 27, 2026 due date) spanning 45 schools and distribution centers; Meriden Public Schools' commercial groceries and USDA Foods RFP (RFP 026-41, February 25, 2026 due date, approximately $3.1 million estimated value); Douglas County School System's food supply and distribution RFP for 32 schools serving 25,500 students with estimated annual spend of approximately $9 million (due February 18, 2026); and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' senior meal preparation and delivery services ITB, estimated at $17.8 million over three years (due June 25, 2026). Bidders should note that Buy American provision compliance (51 percent domestic content for processed products) and HACCP plan requirements are standard across nearly all posted solicitations, with firm fixed pricing and freight-prepaid delivery to multiple sites as near-universal terms.