UNSPSC 50303464: Niagara grapes

The variety of table grapes known as niagara grapes

UNSPSC 50303464 Niagara grapes, a Commodity code, does not reflect state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities block. The code nominally names a single grape variety, but the recent solicitations across school districts, child-care agencies, and county purchasing offices span generic fresh fruit and vegetable procurement—apples, bananas, berries, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, citrus, and prepared produce—with no reference to Niagara grapes specifically. School districts and nutrition programs are soliciting fresh produce broadly under codes nominally tagged as commodity codes; the mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the opportunities database or that Niagara grapes fall within a much larger fresh-produce family code that has been narrowed here to a single varietal. State and local buyers procuring produce are issuing RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs through Georgia school districts (Glynn County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Muscogee County, Bulloch County, Early County), Texas school districts and municipal agencies (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Edinburg Parks Department via CACFP, City of San Antonio), Florida school districts (Hillsborough County), Connecticut school districts (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Oregon school districts (Central Point), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts). The buying base is heavily weighted toward K–12 school nutrition programs, head-start and child-care food programs (CACFP), and senior services. Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Florida, and Oregon.

Contract opportunities show school districts and food-service authorities soliciting fresh produce through multi-item RFPs, RFBs (requests for bid), and ITBs typically with July 1, 2026 start dates for the 2026–2027 school year. Representative recent solicitations include Dougherty County Board of Education requesting sealed bids for fresh produce covering 40 line items with a response deadline of June 16, 2026 (IFB); McAllen Independent School District requesting proposals for fresh produce to 31 campuses with response due March 6, 2026 (RFP); Madison Metropolitan School District requesting bids for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, estimated annual value $78,000) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 weekly servings, locally sourced within 400 miles of Madison), both with July 29, 2026 responses (RFB); and the GEC Buying Cooperative (serving 30 Georgia school districts) requesting proposals for fresh produce and eggs across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million, response due March 4, 2026 (RFP). Buy American provisions are standard across solicitations, with domestic sourcing required or strongly preferred. Local sourcing preferences appear in multiple opportunities (Madison's 400-mile requirement, Bulloch County's 200-mile requirement for farm-to-school, McAllen's 50-mile preference). No evidence of UNSPSC 50303464 Niagara grapes specifically appears in any of the opportunities; treating the code as written yields a narrow and inactive category at present.