UNSPSC 50303449: Kyoho grapes

The variety of table grapes known as kyoho grapes

UNSPSC 50303449 Kyoho grapes (Commodity) sees limited recent state and local procurement activity; the commodity code itself is hyperspecific to a single grape variety, yet the recent opportunities posted under it center broadly on fresh produce and food-service supply for institutional buyers — school districts, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and health-care coalitions — rather than kyoho grapes specifically. State and local governments soliciting fresh produce do so across multiple issuing bodies: school districts dominate the recent activity (Madison Metropolitan School District, Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, DeSoto County School District, Early County Schools, Bryan County Schools, Hancock County Schools), but state departments of corrections and mental health (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), counties (Collier County), cities (San Antonio, Bridgeport, Edinburg), and specialized agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition) also conduct their own procurements. Contracts typically run 9 to 12 months during the fiscal or school year (July–June for schools) with renewal options ranging from one to four additional years; most apply Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content, and many name prevailing wage, insurance, HACCP, and E-Verify compliance as mandatory.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Connecticut. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting fresh fruit and vegetables for delivery to its food warehouses at Palestine and Snyder and Wynne facilities (RFP/IFB notices IW267376, IW267420, IW267411 with October response dates in 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections' Joliet Treatment Center seeking bi-weekly fresh produce under a small-business set-aside (solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District bidding petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for school nutrition programs (RFB 4162 and 4163, due July 29, 2026, with annual contract value estimated at $78,000 for bananas alone); multiple Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County) issuing IFBs or RFPs for school-year fresh produce with June–July response dates; Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN 258360, due March 6, 2025 — note: this date appears to be an error in the source); the City of Bridgeport Board of Education procuring over 1,100 line items of grocery items including fruits and vegetables (bid BNB052266, due June 30, 2026); and the City of San Antonio's Department of Human Services issuing an RFP for produce markets and fresh-fruit distribution at senior center sites (RFP 26-070, due May 27, 2026). Evaluation criteria across these procurements typically weight cost (30–40%), product quality and compliance (15–35%), vendor qualifications and references (10–25%), and diverse-owned business status or local-vendor preference (5–15%); set-asides for small business, minority-owned, and woman-owned enterprises appear in Illinois and some Texas school district procurements, while geographic sourcing preferences (400 miles for Wisconsin and Georgia local-produce initiatives) are emerging in school nutrition contexts.