UNSPSC 50594602: Dried Non GMO boston lettuce

The variety of Non GMO lettuce known as Non GMO boston lettuce 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 50594602 Dried Non GMO Boston Lettuce, a Commodity code, does not reflect the products actually being solicited under recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code. The recent procurement activity shows broad grocery and food-service contracting for school districts, county governments, state agencies, and municipalities — encompassing thousands of line items across fresh produce, frozen goods, dairy, meats, beverages, condiments, and prepared meals — rather than a single dried lettuce product. The issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut; Douglas County School System in Georgia), state procurement offices (Georgia and Texas), counties (Hillsborough County in Florida), and cities (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Dallas, Texas). Most activity clusters around K-12 school nutrition programs, which dominate the code's recent solicitation volume, though some opportunities serve state-supported living facilities and senior meal programs.

Recent opportunities span fresh produce and comprehensive grocery bids across multiple states, with notable activity in Georgia (Douglas County School System's $9 million food supply and distribution RFP closing February 18, 2026; Hancock County fresh produce IFB closing June 26, 2026; Bulloch County grocery bid closing May 4, 2026; Savannah-Chatham County fresh produce bid closing April 23, 2026), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB closing April 27, 2026), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools RFP for commercial groceries and USDA Foods closing February 25, 2026 with anticipated value of $3.1 million), Florida (Hillsborough County senior meal preparation and delivery ITB closing June 25, 2026 with estimated three-year value of $17.8 million), Texas (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center IFB closing July 13, 2026 with prior-period historical value of $1.5 million), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District summer meal boxes IFB closing April 29, 2026). The mismatch between the code's narrow product scope and the actual procurement activity suggests the code assignment is a data-management artifact rather than a meaningful classification for this commodity category.