UNSPSC 50303302: Duncan grapefruit

The variety of grapefruit known as duncan grapefruit

UNSPSC 50303302 Duncan grapefruit (Commodity) encompasses fresh produce supply to state institutions, school districts, and local service providers—though the recent solicitations show minimal activity specifically for Duncan grapefruit and instead reflect broad fresh-fruit-and-vegetable procurement spanning multiple produce categories. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily department of corrections facilities, school nutrition programs, and municipal senior services, procuring fresh produce for institutional food service including detention centers, school meals, child care programs, and senior center distribution. The issuing bodies include state corrections departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), school districts of varying sizes, municipalities, and nonprofit food-service operators. Institutional buyers typically issue RFPs, RFBs (Request for Bid), or ITNs (Invitation to Negotiate) on annual or multi-year cycles; evaluation often weights cost between 30 and 40 percent, qualifications and delivery capability at 15–25 percent, and food-safety compliance heavily. Buy American and domestic-sourcing requirements appear in school and state procurements; some school districts impose locational preferences (produce sourced within 400 miles) or apply price preferences for organic, local, or diverse-owned vendors.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable bids for the Palestine facility (RFQ IW267376, due October 19, 2026), Snyder Food Warehouse (RFQ IW267420, due October 14, 2026), and Wynne Food Warehouse (RFQ IW267411, due October 14, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana RFB 4162 (estimated annual value $78,000, contract September 2026–June 2027, bids due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks RFB 4163 (weekly 5,900 servings, bids due July 29, 2026); Hancock County Schools fresh produce IFB (over 200 line items across multiple apple varieties, berries, root vegetables, and melons, bids due June 26, 2026); and Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP (approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products, estimated value $969,460.94, sealed bids due June 24, 2026). The code's recent opportunities span commodity fresh produce (bananas, apples, citrus, greens, root vegetables) rather than Duncan grapefruit specifically, indicating that this Commodity code may see infrequent standalone solicitation and that buyers tag broad fresh-produce buys under broader family-level codes or procure Duncan grapefruit as part of mixed-produce contracts rather than as a sole item.