UNSPSC 50616900: Canned or jarred Non GMO sugar peas

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO sugar peas 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 50616900 Canned or jarred Non-GMO sugar peas, a Class code, does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it. The opportunities on record are solicitations for broad food supply categories—canned tomatoes, supplemental food and consumables, fresh produce, grocery staples, school nutrition meals, and institutional food service—rather than purchases of canned or jarred sugar peas specifically. The mismatch suggests either miscoding of opportunities in the source system or that canned sugar peas are purchased as line items within larger grocery and food-service contracts rather than as standalone procurements. State and local issuing bodies pursuing food supply under related codes include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia), state agencies (State of Illinois for institutional food service, Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state hospitals and supported living centers, Oregon Department of Corrections for institutional feeding, State of Georgia), and county purchasing offices.

Geographic activity spans Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with school nutrition programs concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, Missouri) and institutional food service scattered across western and southern states. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center due July 13, 2026, the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000017145 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes due June 19, 2026, Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for comprehensive food products across multiple categories due June 15, 2026, and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 due April 27, 2026. These solicitations specify firm fixed pricing, FOB delivery requirements, compliance with USDA and FDA standards, Buy American provisions in school procurements, and contract terms of one to three years with renewal options. The code shows limited discrete activity for sugar peas alone; pursuit should focus on identifying opportunities that explicitly name canned or jarred peas as line items within broader grocery RFPs and IFBs rather than expecting standalone solicitations.