UNSPSC 50594000: Dried Non GMO green peas

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO green peas 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 50594000 Dried Non GMO green peas is a Class code that names a single commodity, but state and local government procurement activity under this code shows little direct demand for dried green peas as a line item. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect broader food service procurement across school nutrition programs, senior meal services, institutional food supply, and ad-hoc meal delivery to government operations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with six separate school system RFPs or IFBs over the past six months (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Bulloch County Board of Education and Douglas County School System in Georgia, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Mississippi, and Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi); county and municipal purchasing also appears, including Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and State of Georgia also solicited food and produce supply on behalf of state-supported living centers and general state operations. The work being solicited is predominantly comprehensive grocery and produce contracts for school lunch and nutrition programs, with line-item counts ranging from over 1,100 items in Bridgeport's contract to 72 produce SKUs in multiple Georgia school district RFPs, plus institutional meal service contracts for senior centers and specialized residential facilities.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast, with Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Connecticut each representing multiple issuances in the past six months. The most recent solicitation is the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' competitive bid for grocery items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (IFB BNB052266, due June 30, 2026), a contract covering over 1,100 line items with a July 1, 2026 start date, 51 percent domestic content Buy American requirement, and delivery to a central warehouse and school sites. The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services (due June 25, 2026) represents the largest single contract value in the block at $17.8 million over three years. Other representative opportunities include the Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution serving approximately 25,500 students with an estimated $9 million annual spend (proposal due February 18, 2026, already closed), and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's bid for fresh produce across 72 items and 60 school sites (due April 23, 2026). Pricing is typically firm fixed or cost-plus-fixed-fee with no fuel surcharges permitted; payment terms run Net 30 to Net 45 days; and all contracts mandate Buy American provisions, HACCP food safety plans, nutritional compliance with federal standards, and insurance ranging from $500,000 to $2 million in general liability coverage. The code itself does not directly map to recent purchasing patterns—dried green peas would appear as one line item within these broader school nutrition and institutional food service contracts rather than as standalone procurements.