UNSPSC 50596209: Dried Non GMO early prolific straight neck squash

The variety of Non GMO summer squashes and summer pumpkins known as Non GMO early prolific straight neck squash 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 50596209 Dried Non GMO early prolific straight neck squash is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little activity directly aligned with dried specialty squash procurement; instead, the state and local contracting landscape for food products that reference this code spans comprehensive grocery supply, fresh produce, meal preparation, and food service operations at school districts, county systems, state agencies, and municipalities seeking to stock cafeterias, senior centers, and institutional dining facilities. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, and Douglas County School System) and county or municipal agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, the City of Dallas, the City of Meriden Purchasing Department on behalf of schools, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the El Paso State Supported Living Center). The Georgia State Department of Education has posted notices for fresh produce and general food supplies, and the City of Bridgeport has solicited grocery items for its school board. These opportunities reflect broad food sourcing and distribution rather than specialty dried-vegetable procurement.

Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) requiring Buy American compliance, nutritional standards alignment with the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, and delivery to central warehouse and school sites on a firm fixed-price basis with Net 45 payment terms; the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) spanning delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with a July 1, 2026, start date and minimum three-year experience requirement; and the Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution services (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026) seeking a main-line distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily with an estimated annual expenditure of $9 million. Geographically, recent activity clusters in Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, and state procurement), Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Bridgeport and Meriden), Virginia (Fairfax County), Texas (HHSC El Paso), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and other scattered jurisdictions. The code itself appears to capture only a narrow commodity line (dried non-GMO squash), and the state and local opportunities are tagged broadly to food procurement without reflecting demand specifically for this specialty product.