UNSPSC 50616845: Canned or jarred Non GMO moo

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO moo that has 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 50616845 Canned or jarred non-GMO moo is a Commodity code capturing frozen and shelf-stable food products that state and local government nutrition programs actually procure for institutional meal service—primarily school districts, corrections departments, and health and human services facilities sourcing canned vegetables, proteins, dairy items, and prepared foods for cafeteria operations. State and local buyers under this code span school districts of all sizes (from small rural systems to large suburban districts like Fairfax County Public Schools and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System), state departments of corrections in multiple jurisdictions, and state health and human services agencies supplying institutional food service at residential care facilities and hospitals. The work being solicited is straightforward commodity food supply: vendors quote or bid on dozens to hundreds of line items with firm fixed pricing covering all transportation and delivery to multiple school sites or central distribution centers, typically with weekly deliveries and contract terms running one to three years with renewal options. Recent opportunities show school districts issuing the majority of solicitations under this code, with state corrections and health agencies as secondary but significant buyers; Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home, and Georgia's state agencies appear repeatedly in the recent activity block.

Geographic spread concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia school districts predominate in the recent block) and in the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest (Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Missouri school districts and state agencies). 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 (posted June 11, 2026, due July 13, 2026), covering food service supplies for state facilities with a prior-year contract value of $1.5 million and firm fixed unit pricing on Exhibit C; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (posted February 20, 2026, due March 9, 2026), seeking approximately 7,616 cases with historical pricing at $13.75 per case and Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent each; and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27, 2026), establishing a contract to supply 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens with weekly Monday–Friday deliveries and a minimum three-year business and food-delivery experience requirement. Most school district solicitations use competitive sealed-bid IFB or RFP structures with evaluation weighted toward lowest responsive and responsible pricing, while state agencies frequently employ firm fixed pricing on detailed line-item sheets with best-value award criteria incorporating vendor performance history and delivery capability.