UNSPSC 50303452: Late seedless grapes

The variety of table grapes known as late seedless grapes

UNSPSC 50303452 Late seedless grapes, a Commodity code, is purchased by state and local governments almost entirely as a component within broader child nutrition and school meal programs rather than as a standalone produce item. Recent state and local solicitations tag this code when requesting fresh produce bundles for school nutrition departments, child care facilities, and senior services, reflecting how institutional food service procurement bundles produce categories rather than isolate single varieties. School districts, county boards of education, municipal departments of human services, and Head Start organizations dominate the issuing-body mix. The work being solicited includes weekly or bi-weekly delivery of fresh produce meeting USDA and CACFP compliance standards, with strict freshness, temperature, and traceability requirements. Vendors must maintain HACCP plans, provide 24/7 recall accessibility, and deliver to multiple school sites or nutrition centers on fixed schedules—typically Monday through Friday between early morning and midday. Buy American provisions apply across most solicitations, requiring domestic sourcing where practicable, and many districts apply geographic preferences favoring produce from within 50 to 400 miles of the service area.

The geographic spread of recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, where school districts across Glynn County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Bryan County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, and others have posted produce solicitations in the past four months. Texas school districts and Head Start organizations in Dallas and McAllen, Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools, Connecticut's Meriden Public Schools, Oregon's Central Point School District, and the City of Bridgeport have also solicited produce, along with the Santa Clara County correctional system in California. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District (RFB 4162, petite bananas, 70–90 cases weekly, bid due July 29, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa (RFP 26RFP034, fresh produce and a la carte beverages, cost-plus contract for FFVP delivery to 18 elementary sites, estimated annual budget $600,000, proposals due March 11, 2026); Bartow County School System in Georgia (RFP 10-2026-019, local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles, proposals due June 22, 2026); and the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts across two areas (RFP SN 26-004, fresh produce and eggs, estimated annual spending $5.5 million, responses due March 4, 2026). Most contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually and include renewal options spanning three to five additional years. Cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm fixed-price models both appear, with many districts reserving rights to award to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis.