UNSPSC 50593906: Dried Non GMO musky gourd

The variety of Non GMO gourds known as Non GMO musky gourd 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 50593906 Dried Non GMO musky gourd is a Commodity code that nominally names a single agricultural product, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows little connection to that specific item. Recent opportunities tagged with this code do not solicit dried non-GMO musky gourds; instead, they span food supply and meal delivery for schools, counties, and municipalities. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 RFQ for grocery items across 1,100 line items (breakfast cereals, frozen products, vegetables, fruits, dairy, beverages, and meat) carries this code designation, as does the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' June 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at approximately $17.8 million over three years, and multiple school district fresh produce and comprehensive grocery procurement notices from Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System in Georgia. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement suggests the code may be a catch-all or administrative classification for food commodity purchases that do not fit standard UNSPSC produce or grocery categories, or that tagging is inconsistent across issuing bodies.

State and local solicitation activity is concentrated among school districts and county food service programs across Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi, with school nutrition being the dominant use case. Recent opportunities span traditional competitive sealed bids (IFBs) and requests for proposal (RFPs) with response deadlines between late March and early July 2026. Award terms typically run one year with renewal options up to five years, with pricing firm for the initial term and subject to CPI or verified market-index adjustments thereafter. Vendors must comply with Buy American provisions (domestic content thresholds ranging from 51 percent in agricultural items), HACCP food safety plans, nutritional standards including whole grains and sodium limits, and comprehensive insurance (general liability typically $500,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence). No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the majority of notices, though some solicitations request vendor self-identification (SBE, MBE, WBE status). Estimated contract values where disclosed range from approximately $1.5 million (Texas HHSC) to $17.8 million (Hillsborough County), suggesting moderate-to-large food-service supply opportunities, though the code's poor alignment with actual sourcing suggests caution in using this specific code for pipeline development.