UNSPSC 50596839: Dried Non GMO long beans

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO long beans 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 50596839 Dried Non GMO long beans, a Commodity code, does not reflect the procurement activity currently documented in state and local solicitations. The recent opportunities tagged with this code involve comprehensive grocery, food service, and meal delivery programs spanning school districts, counties, state agencies, and municipal governments—encompassing fresh produce, processed foods, dairy, proteins, condiments, and prepared meal services—rather than the narrow category of dried long beans. The code's nominal scope does not align with the breadth of food procurement actually occurring under its tag.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting food products include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county and municipal governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, City of Dallas, City of Meriden), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and cooperative purchasing entities (GEC Buying Cooperative). Bridgeport Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, and Douglas County School System appear as repeat active buyers. Representative recent solicitations include Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026, spanning over 1,100 line items with Buy American compliance and firm fixed pricing through June 30, 2027), Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 serving 45 schools plus distribution centers (due April 27, 2026, with evaluation based on total annual cost), and Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution to 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (proposals due February 18, 2026). Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast—Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Virginia—with secondary activity in Texas. The mismatch between the dried-bean commodity code and the actual food procurement mix suggests a classification error in the tagging system; vendors pursuing state and local food contracts should verify code accuracy before bid strategy decisions.