UNSPSC 50596811: Dried Non GMO bean sprouts

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO bean sprouts 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 50596811 Dried Non GMO bean sprouts is a Commodity code that nominally covers a single food product line, but recent state and local solicitation activity does not reflect procurement of dried non-GMO bean sprouts as a distinct line item. Instead, the code appears in the records bundled within much broader school nutrition and institutional food service procurements where individual commodity codes serve as taxonomic tags rather than line-item specificity. The actual buying under this code takes place through comprehensive grocery and fresh-produce RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs issued by school districts, state health and human services agencies, and county purchasing offices to establish food service supply contracts spanning hundreds of food items—breakfast cereals, frozen produce, fresh fruit, vegetables, grains, proteins, dairy, condiments, and supplementary items—all subject to Buy American provisions, USDA compliance, HACCP certification, and nutritional standards including whole grain and sodium requirements. Issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County School System), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Douglas County School System), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport, City of Dallas). School districts dominate the recent activity, typically seeking long-term supply relationships for school nutrition programs serving 8,200 to 32,000 students across multiple sites.

Geographic concentration is evident in the Southeast—Georgia school districts and state agencies account for a substantial share of recent postings (Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, State of Georgia procurements), along with activity in Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), Virginia (Fairfax County), and Texas (HHSC El Paso, City of Dallas). Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery RFP (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) covering over 1,100 line items with Buy American requirements and blind laboratory testing; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumables at El Paso State Supported Living Center with an estimated prior-year spend of $1.5 million; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring minimum three-year supplier experience and deliveries to 45 schools plus distribution centers; and the Douglas County School System RFP SN26-003 (due February 18, 2026) for food supply and distribution across 32 schools serving 25,500 students with estimated annual spend of $9 million. The code shows no distinct procurement of dried non-GMO bean sprouts as a line-item commodity; vendors pursuing this taxonomy entry would be competing within large aggregated food-supply contracts where the commodity code functions as one tag among many.