UNSPSC 50596707: Dried Non GMO lesser yams

The variety of Non GMO yams known as Non GMO lesser yams 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 50596707 Dried Non GMO lesser yams is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little activity directly aligned with procurement of dried non-GMO lesser yams as a discrete product line. The code appears in solicitations for broad food service categories—school nutrition programs, senior meal services, institutional food supply, and municipal catering—where dried yams would be one ingredient among hundreds in comprehensive food supply contracts. State and local governments purchasing under this code are primarily school districts (Bridgeport, Fairfax County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Meriden, Douglas County, Pascagoula-Gautier, Hancock County), county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, cities procuring for municipal or senior services, and independent school food authorities. The solicitations emphasize fresh produce, bulk grocery items, USDA commodity foods, and prepared meal delivery rather than specialty dried vegetable products, suggesting that when dried non-GMO lesser yams enter these contracts, they do so as minor line items within larger fresh-or-frozen-produce-dominant specifications.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with visible opportunities from Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, State of Georgia), Connecticut (Bridgeport, Meriden), Florida (Hillsborough County), Virginia (Fairfax County), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier, Hancock County), Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, City of Dallas), and isolated opportunities in other states. Representative recent solicitations include Bridgeport's IFB for grocery items supporting the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (response due June 30, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB for Master Grocery K-12 (sealed bids due April 27, 2026), Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution serving approximately 25,500 students (proposals due February 18, 2026), and Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services at an estimated contract value of $17.8 million over three years (bids due June 25, 2026). None of these solicitations feature dried non-GMO lesser yams as a named or emphasized commodity, and the source provides no evidence that this specific product is being actively procured as a standalone line item or set-aside category in current state and local opportunities.