UNSPSC 50613505: Canned or jarred Non GMO easter egg eggplants

The variety of Non GMO eggplants known as Non GMO easter egg eggplants 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 50613505 Canned or jarred Non GMO easter egg eggplants (Commodity) does not reflect what state and local government is actually procuring under this code. Recent solicitations tagged with this commodity code focus instead on broad-based food and consumable products for state institutions, school districts, and correctional facilities — canned tomatoes, fresh produce, eggs, dairy, proteins, and related food service supplies — rather than specialty eggplant products.

State and local issuing bodies posting against this code include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Burke County and Liberty County boards of education in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Georgia state operations), and special-purpose entities (Ben Hill County Schools nutrition program). The activity spans food service procurement for institutional feeding — school cafeterias, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and state supported living centers — with contracts typically structured as annual or multi-year fixed-price arrangements with periodic price redetermination tied to USDA indices or CPI. Recent opportunities show a mix of IFB, RFP, and RFQ notices ranging from $1.5 million to $9 million estimated annual values, with most school districts requiring weekly delivery to multiple sites and emphasizing Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, nutritional standards, and liability insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Missouri) and West (Oregon, Texas, Illinois), with Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Oregon Department of Corrections appearing as repeat buyers.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior period value of $1.5 million, due July 13, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes due June 19, 2026, at $13.75 per case historical pricing; Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for school nutrition food products due June 15, 2026, with quarterly price adjustments permitted; Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 covering 45 schools plus distribution facilities due April 27, 2026; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One, due March 4, 2026. The mismatch between the coded commodity name and the actual procurement activity suggests the code may be broadly applied to institutional food procurement without strict adherence to the eggplant specification, or that the taxonomy entry itself does not align with how state and local procurement offices classify food service contracts.