UNSPSC 50594505: Dried Non GMO spanish pardina lentils

The variety of Non GMO lentils known as Non GMO spanish pardina 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 50594505 Dried Non GMO spanish pardina lentils is a Commodity code that identifies a single dried legume product line, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged to this code does not reflect purchases of dried lentils. Instead, the opportunities show school districts, county nutrition programs, and municipalities procuring comprehensive grocery and fresh produce contracts that encompass dozens or hundreds of line items across multiple food categories—breakfast items, cereals, meats, dairy, frozen vegetables, fresh produce, snacks, and beverages—with dried lentils (if purchased at all) representing one of many items within much larger food service tenders. The scope of work being solicited is institutional meal provision for K-12 schools, senior nutrition programs, and state-supported living centers, where food is delivered weekly or on-demand to school kitchens, cafeterias, warehouses, and senior dining centers under firm fixed-price contracts lasting one to five years, with compliance obligations including USDA Buy American provisions (51% domestic agricultural content), HACCP food safety plans, nutritional labeling, and liability insurance.

Issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Pascagoula-Gautier Schools), county governments (Hillsborough County Florida), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia), and a municipality (Dallas). School nutrition programs dominate the recent posting volume. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic—Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi, Texas—with representative opportunities including Bridgeport's IFB for 1,100+ grocery line items due June 30, 2026; Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce due June 26, 2026; Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services (estimated $17.8 million over three years) due June 25, 2026; and Douglas County Schools' RFP for food supply and distribution (estimated $9 million annually) due February 18, 2026. The mismatch between the code's specific product definition and the broad institutional food procurement activity it receives suggests that state and local procurement systems are applying this Commodity code at a Family or higher tier level to capture multi-item grocery contracts rather than using it to tag single-item dried lentil purchases.