UNSPSC 50596607: Dried Non GMO cheese pumpkin

The variety of Non GMO winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as Non GMO cheese pumpkin 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 50596607 Dried Non GMO cheese pumpkin is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code nominally covers dried, non-GMO cheese pumpkin as a specialty produce item, yet the actual opportunities posted against this code are broad school nutrition and senior meal procurement programs purchasing comprehensive food product lines—fresh produce, groceries, proteins, dairy, condiments, and supplies—across multiple categories rather than a single dried vegetable commodity. The issuing bodies are school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi; Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), county boards of commissioners (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), city governments (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut; City of Dallas, Texas; City of Meriden, Connecticut), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission; State of Georgia), and cooperative purchasing entities (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 school districts in Georgia). The code shows little relevant recent activity for the specific commodity it names.

Recent opportunities tagged to this code are instead for master grocery contracts, fresh produce programs, USDA Foods distribution, boxed meal delivery, and general food supply and distribution services. Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department (due June 30, 2026) under Title VII CFR requirements with Buy American provision mandating 51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (proposals due July 13, 2026) with historical spending of $1.5 million and estimated contract value of approximately $1.5 million; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items (due June 26, 2026); and Meriden Public Schools' RFP for commercial groceries, beverages, produce, and further processed USDA Foods to serve 8,200 students with anticipated contract value of approximately $3,100,000 (proposals due February 25, 2026). Activity concentrates in Georgia (multiple school districts and the state purchasing office), Connecticut, Texas, Florida, Virginia, and Mississippi. The mismatch between code name and actual procurement scope suggests either miscategorization at posting or that the code serves as a catch-all taxonomy label rather than a meaningful filtering criterion for vendors pursuing dried vegetable commodities.