UNSPSC 50596402: Dried Non GMO alicante tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomatoes known as Non GMO alicante tomatoes 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 50596402 Dried Non GMO alicante tomatoes (Commodity) covers dried tomato products purchased by state and local government food service operations—primarily school districts, county nutrition programs, and state-supported facilities supplying congregate meal services, senior nutrition, and child nutrition programs. The code captures dried tomato line items within larger school lunch and food-service solicitations, where they appear as components of broader grocery-item, produce, and food-supply contracts spanning breakfast items, condiments, seasonings, vegetables, and specialty ingredients. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city boards of education, county school districts, state health and human services commissions operating supported living centers and senior meal programs, and county boards of commissioners managing nutrition services. The work involves supplying dried tomato products that meet USDA Buy American domestic-content thresholds (51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients for processed products), Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and specification compliance verified through blind testing and laboratory analysis.

Recent opportunities show activity across Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of grocery items including dried vegetables and seasonings for the Bridgeport Board of Education Food & Nutrition Services Department, with sealed electronic bids due June 30, 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, with proposals due July 11, 2026, covering NIGP Class/Item numbers spanning food service and supply items with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce for school year 2027 under IFB #SN002-2027 with a due date of June 26, 2026. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) posted ITB-26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90 and a June 25, 2026 deadline. The State of Georgia and Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) also solicited food and supply products in the May–June 2026 window, though the full scope for Georgia's procurement was contained in an attached document not fully detailed in the summary.