  We study the possibility of obtaining metastable supersymmetry breaking vacua
in a perturbative gauge theory without singlet fields, thus allowing for
scenarios where a grand unified symmetry and supersymmetry are broken by the
same sector. We show some explicit SU(5) examples. The minimal renormalizable
example requires the use of two adjoints, but it is shown to inevitably lead to
unwanted light states. We suggest various alternatives, and show that the
viable possibilities consist of allowing for non-renormalizable operators, of
employing four adjoints or of adding at least one field in a different
representation.
