UNSPSC 50596603: Dried Non GMO banana pink squash

The variety of Non GMO winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as Non GMO banana pink 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 50596603 Dried Non-GMO banana pink squash, a Commodity code, nominally designates a specific produce item, but state and local governments do not solicit this product in isolation. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect procurement of broader food and meal services — fresh produce, grocery staples, school nutrition programs, and senior meal preparation — where dried or specialty produce items may appear as line items within much larger food-service scopes. The issuing bodies are school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), county or state health and nutrition agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), and state procurement offices (State of Georgia). These jurisdictions solicit food procurement under federal nutrition-program frameworks — the National School Lunch Program, Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program, and Adult Care Food Program — and require compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, HACCP documentation, and extensive food-safety testing and certification.

Recent representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases soliciting grocery items for school food services under RFQ BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, spanning over 1,100 line items with firm pricing through June 30, 2027; the Hancock County Board of Education requesting fresh produce via IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026, covering over 200 line items of fresh fruits and vegetables for July 2026–June 2027 delivery; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables to the El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026, with historical annual value of $1.5 million; and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners seeking senior meal preparation and delivery services under ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026, valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Texas) and Connecticut, with the code showing routine but not exclusive alignment to school nutrition and senior meal programs where specialty or dried produce serves as component ingredients rather than standalone procurement vehicles.