UNSPSC 50596905: Dried Non GMO early onward peas

The variety of Non GMO sugar peas known as Non GMO early onward peas 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 50596905 Dried Non GMO Early Onward Peas is a Commodity code that names a single dry legume product, but recent state and local solicitations using this code tag do not actually procure peas as a standalone line item. Instead, the code appears in broader grocery and food service procurement notices spanning hundreds of food products—fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared meals—where dried peas, if included at all, represent one item among many. State and local buyers using this code are primarily school districts and counties funding child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch Program and Summer Food Service Program, along with state health and human services agencies supporting congregate senior meals and adult care facilities. Issuing bodies include the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi), and Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), as well as the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the City of Hillsborough County (Florida). The code's nominal scope—a specific dried pea variety—does not align with actual procurement activity, which targets comprehensive food supply agreements rather than individual commodity lines.

Recent activity is concentrated in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with Georgia school districts issuing multiple fresh produce and food supply solicitations in early 2026, Connecticut school districts and cities procuring grocery bundles for child nutrition programs, and Texas and Florida issuing state and county meal-service contracts. The Bridgeport Board of Education's RFQ for over 1,100 grocery line items (posted June 30, 2026, due June 30, 2026) and the Meriden Public Schools RFP for commercial groceries and USDA Foods with an anticipated value of $3.1 million (proposals due February 25, 2026) exemplify the broad-based procurement activity tagged under this code. The Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts in two Georgia regions (March 4, 2026 deadline) estimated $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two, while a separate Douglas County food supply and distribution RFP (February 18, 2026 deadline) estimated $9 million in annual expenditure for main-line distribution serving 25,500 students. Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (sealed bids due April 27, 2026) required bidding on a minimum of 76 items across school and warehouse delivery, and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (June 26, 2026 deadline) encompassed over 200 produce line items. The code mismatch—a single dried pea product tagged in multi-category grocery solicitations—suggests either automated classification during posting or legacy tagging that does not reflect current sourcing strategy; vendors treating this code as a reliable signal for peas-specific opportunities will encounter minimal relevant activity.