UNSPSC 50303421: Chasselas/golden chasselas grapes

The variety of table grapes known as chasselas/golden chasselas grapes

UNSPSC 50303421 Chasselas/golden chasselas grapes, a Commodity code, covers fresh table grapes sold to state and local government purchasers for institutional food service. The recent opportunities in this dataset show little direct demand for the specific variety named in the code; instead, state and local governments buying under this code family are procuring mixed fresh produce assortments that include grapes as one line item among dozens in broader school nutrition, child care, and institutional meal programs. School districts, county boards of education, child care agencies, and corrections facilities dominate the issuing-body mix, with individual districts and cooperative purchasing consortia conducting the actual solicitations. Work being solicited includes weekly or bi-weekly fresh-produce supply contracts for National School Lunch Program compliance, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program fulfillment, and child and adult care food program meal service across elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and specialized nutrition sites. Representative recent solicitations include the Bulloch County Board of Education's local-produce RFP (IFP, proposals due May 4, 2026) seeking 24 produce items including grapes grown within 200 miles of the county; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's annual fresh-produce bid (IFB 26-34, proposals due April 23, 2026) for 72 line items including bulk fruits and processed single-serve produce to 60 school sites; and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP (RFP SN 26-004, proposals due March 4, 2026) covering approximately 72 produce line items across two Georgia geographic areas serving 30 school districts with estimated combined annual spending exceeding $5 million.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary clusters in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Georgia school districts post the highest recent solicitation frequency, followed by a large cohort of Texas school districts and child care authorities. Pay-to-play dynamics favor vendors with established cold-chain logistics, HACCP and food-safety certification, Buy American compliance documentation, and ability to deliver weekly across multiple school sites on fixed schedules before or after classroom hours. Most contracts price produce at cost-plus-fixed-fee or competitive unit-price models with firm pricing for the initial 12-month term, subsequent escalation tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks, and optional renewal periods spanning up to five years. Participation by small, minority, and women-owned businesses receives encouragement but is not set-aside restricted in the bulk of recent solicitations. Most issuing bodies reserve the right to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis to optimize cost and quality.