UNSPSC 50594113: Dried Non GMO marjoram

The variety of Non GMO herbs known as Non GMO marjoram 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 50594113 Dried Non GMO marjoram (Commodity) covers specialty dried herbs procured by state and local food service operations, typically as line items within broader grocery or food supply contracts rather than as standalone purchases. State and local governments buy dried marjoram and similar culinary herbs as ingredient components for institutional food service operations—school districts, corrections facilities, state health and human services agencies, and related foodservice entities—where herbs are specified as branded or equivalent items on line-item pricing sheets within master grocery or supplemental food procurement vehicles. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (K–12 and child nutrition services), state health and human services agencies running supported living centers and psychiatric hospitals, state corrections departments, and regional school cooperatives. These entities solicit grocery contracts through IFB and RFP notices, often as multi-hundred-line-item procurements where dried herbs appear alongside proteins, produce, dairy, condiments, and consumable supplies on firm fixed-price schedules.

Recent activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (HHS0016792 and HHS0017449, both IFBs with response dates in late June and July 2026, encompassing 210 line items across food categories); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products via IFB 304T26300CF (due May 4, 2026, approximately 382 line items to TDCJ warehouses across five geographic areas). Fairfax County Public Schools issued Master Grocery K–12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) covering delivery to 45 schools and distribution kitchens; Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited over 900 grocery line items for the 2026–27 school year (due April 29, 2026 via NUTRIKIDS electronic submission); the Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP SN 26–004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 cooperating districts (due March 4, 2026, approximately $5.5 million annual spend across two areas) and RFP 26–003 for main-line food supply and distribution for 32 schools with approximately $9 million annual expenditure (due February 18, 2026). The State of Illinois posted a quarterly food order for July–September 2026 (due June 26, 2026). Dried marjoram itself does not dominate these procurements but appears as one ingredient line within comprehensive food supply contracts where vendors must bid on 76 to 95 percent of specified items.