UNSPSC 50611845: Canned or jarred Non GMO pole beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO pole beans that have been canned or jarred 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 50611845 Canned or jarred Non-GMO pole beans is a Commodity code under which state and local governments buy canned vegetable products for institutional food service operations, particularly school nutrition programs and state facility meal services. Recent solicitations show school districts and state agencies sourcing canned vegetables as line items within broader grocery and food supply procurements rather than as standalone product buys; the code reflects a discrete commodity category that procurement offices use to organize food service catalogs and bidding structures.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code are predominantly school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, and Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia) and state agencies managing institutional food service (the State of Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers, and the Oregon Department of Corrections). School nutrition programs dominate recent activity, with contracts typically running July 1 through June 30 of the following year and encompassing 200 to 900+ line items across multiple food categories. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 posted June 11, 2026, seeking food and consumable products for the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with responses due July 13, 2026, under which canned vegetables would appear as component items; the Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items solicitation posted March 31, 2026, with bids due April 29, 2026, encompassing over 900 line items; and Ben Hill County Schools' Food Bid (IFB #26271) posted May 19, 2026, due June 15, 2026, requiring competitive pricing on hundreds of line items including canned fruits and vegetables. Geographic spread centers on the Southeast (Georgia, with multiple school districts and state procurements) and extends to Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Illinois, and Virginia. Buy American requirements appear consistently across school district procurements; firm fixed pricing for the contract term with limited midterm adjustment provisions (typically only when manufacturers increase prices by 5 percent or greater) is standard; and awards are commonly made on a line-item basis to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder meeting nutritional and safety specifications including USDA standards compliance, minimum shelf life requirements, and sodium content limits.