UNSPSC 50594501: Dried Non GMO beluga lentils

The variety of Non GMO lentils known as Non GMO beluga lentils 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 50594501 Dried Non GMO beluga lentils is a Commodity code that names a single ingredient rather than the broad food-service procurement activity actually driving state and local government purchasing under related commodity codes. The recent solicitations tagged under this code span comprehensive school nutrition contracts, senior meal services, and institutional food supply agreements that encompass dozens to thousands of line items across proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and specialty ingredients — of which dried beluga lentils appear as a single stock-keeping unit within much larger procurements. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code tier include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County School System, Hancock County Board of Education, and Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Dallas). School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with five school districts represented in the most-recent block.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast, with Georgia appearing in five posted opportunities (State of Georgia food supplies and fresh produce, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, and Hancock County Board of Education), Florida in one (Hillsborough County), Connecticut in two (City of Bridgeport, City of Meriden), Virginia in one (Fairfax County Public Schools), Mississippi in one (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Texas in two (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, City of Dallas). Representative recent solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) for weekly deliveries across 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with a one-year term commencing July 1, 2026; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' grocery items bid (due June 30, 2026) for over 1,100 line items supporting the National School Lunch Program with a July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 contract term; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for main-line food supply and distribution services (due February 18, 2026) serving approximately 25,500 students with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000. Opportunities are structured as IFBs, RFPs, and ITBs with firm fixed pricing, weekly or scheduled deliveries to multiple sites, Buy American compliance (51 percent domestic agricultural content where applicable), HACCP certification and food-safety plan requirements, and awards to one or multiple vendors based on lowest responsive and responsible bid or best value.