UNSPSC 50596834: Dried Non GMO jicama

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO jicama 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 50596834 Dried Non GMO jicama is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity among the state and local opportunities indexed. The nominal code name does not align with the scope of recent state and local solicitations, which focus instead on broad grocery supply, fresh produce variety, and school nutrition services across multiple product categories rather than on dried non-GMO jicama as a line item. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipal procurement offices issuing recent opportunities under related codes are acquiring comprehensive food service packages—fresh produce, grocery staples, proteins, dairy, prepared meals, and consumables—but the indexed solicitations do not identify dried non-GMO jicama as a specified commodity or a category-level focus.

The recent state and local procurement activity reflects substantial volume in school nutrition and institutional meal services concentrated in Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and Virginia. The City of Bridgeport Purchasing Department solicited grocery items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (RFP, due June 30, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education sought fresh produce for school year 2026-27 (IFB, due June 26, 2026), and the Douglas County School System issued separate requests for food supply and distribution (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026) and fresh produce and eggs (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026), collectively representing roughly nine million dollars in annual spending across districts. Meriden Public Schools' commercial groceries and USDA foods procurement (RFP 026-41, anticipated value approximately $3.1 million, contract commencing July 1, 2026) and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB 26-00289, estimated value $17.8 million over three years) illustrate the scale and diversity of institutional food service demand. Dried non-GMO jicama does not appear as a line item, specification, or bid category in any of these solicitations, indicating the code is either not actively pursued in state and local procurement or is not a commodity these jurisdictions procure separately from broader fresh produce or specialty foods categories.