UNSPSC 50303438: Flame seedless grapes

The variety of table grapes known as flame seedless grapes

UNSPSC 50303438 Flame seedless grapes (Commodity) shows limited direct solicitation activity. State and local governments do procure fresh grapes as part of broader produce and food service contracts, but the recent opportunities block contains no standalone bids or RFPs specifically for flame seedless grapes. The code appears in the taxonomy, but buying bodies rarely issue commodity-level solicitations for a single produce item in isolation. When grapes appear, they are almost always bundled into larger fresh-produce or school-nutrition contracts that span dozens of line items—apples, bananas, berries, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and other produce—with grapes as one SKU among many. School districts and food service authorities dominate produce procurement across the recent opportunities, along with Head Start programs, county boards of education, and in one case a municipal senior services division and county detention facility.

School nutrition programs and child-care food programs issue the vast majority of fresh-produce solicitations in the recent block, primarily in Georgia (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Henry County, Bartow County, Early County), followed by Texas (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, City of Edinburg), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Oregon (Central Point School District), and Mississippi (DeSoto County). A Georgia cooperative (GEC Buying Cooperative) aggregates purchasing across 30 school districts in two geographic regions. These solicitations employ RFP, RFB (Request for Bid), and IFB (Invitation for Bid) notice types, with response windows typically 2–4 weeks from posting. Produce requirements usually specify color, ripeness, pack size, and delivery frequency (weekly or twice-weekly), with Buy American provisions, HACCP compliance, and traceability documentation standard. Grapes, when named, appear in grocery and fresh-produce line items ranging from 40 to 200+ SKUs, often in quantities of 1,000–3,000+ cases annually depending on district size. The code itself generates minimal standalone opportunity volume; pursuit should target the broader fresh-produce family and assume grapes will compete as one component in larger institutional food service contracts.