UNSPSC 50595515: Dried Non GMO bell peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO bell peppers 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 50595515 Dried Non GMO bell peppers is a Commodity code that represents a narrow ingredient input for institutional food service operations run by school districts, state agencies, and county governments. The code does not appear in the recent state and local procurement records reviewed; no recent opportunities explicitly solicit dried non-GMO bell peppers as a standalone line item or contract vehicle. The opportunities tagged to this code span broader food procurement — institutional grocery supply (Bridgeport Board of Education), fresh produce for school nutrition (Hancock County Schools), packaged meal boxes for summer food service (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), food and consumables for a state-supported living center (Texas HHSC), and senior meal preparation and delivery (Hillsborough County, Florida). None of these solicitations isolate dried bell peppers or position them as a distinct procurement category.

The mismatch between the code's narrow scope and the broad institutional food service work being solicited under it suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or that dried non-GMO bell peppers are purchased as a minor input line within larger food-supply contracts rather than through dedicated commodity procurements. State and local procurement officers in Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi are actively soliciting food-service ingredients under this code, with response dates spanning April through July 2026, but business development professionals pursuing this specific Commodity should expect to compete on whole-supply contracts (with dried peppers as one of 200-plus line items) rather than through targeted dried-pepper tenders. To confirm whether dried non-GMO bell peppers are actively tendered as a standalone item, verify the detailed scope attachments and line-item lists in each issuing body's full solicitation package.