UNSPSC 50303478: Rouge grapes

The variety of table grapes known as rouge grapes

UNSPSC 50303478 Rouge grapes is a Commodity code that represents fresh fruit procurement at the granular product level. In practice, state and local governments—particularly school districts, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services programs, and child nutrition programs—procure fresh produce under this and related codes through solicitations spanning everything from single-item specialty fruits to comprehensive fresh-produce supply contracts serving hundreds of students or residents daily. Recent activity shows demand for fresh fruits and vegetables as components of broader food-service programs; the category consistently appears in school nutrition contracts, institutional food services at detention and mental health facilities, community meals programs, and senior center operations. Issuing bodies range widely: school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bryan County, Hancock County, DeSoto County, Dougherty County, Early County in Georgia and Mississippi; Bridgeport in Connecticut) dominate the market, followed by state departments of corrections and mental health, county commissioners, cities, and nonprofit agencies operating senior and child care services. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh produce solicitations within weeks of each other, suggesting consolidated or recurring procurement cycles across its food warehouse operations.

Recent opportunities cluster heavily in the South—Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida—with additional activity in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted three fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations in late September and October 2026 for food warehouses serving correctional facilities in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville (Solicitations IW267376, IW267420, IW267411, all with October 14 or October 19 response dates). Madison Metropolitan School District issued two separate RFBs for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks due July 29, 2026 (RFBs 4162 and 4163), with an estimated annual value of $78,000 for bananas alone and a geographic preference requiring sourcing within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin. The Illinois Department of Corrections requested fresh produce quotes for Joliet Treatment Center (Solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026) under a small-business set-aside, specifying bi-weekly deliveries of onions, peppers, cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce, apples, oranges, and other produce meeting USDA standards. Multiple Georgia school systems—Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, and Early County—conducted parallel fresh-produce bids for school year 2026–2027 in May and June 2026, each naming 30–300+ line items of fresh fruits and vegetables with firm pricing, Buy American compliance, and delivery to multiple school sites. These school district procurements consistently emphasize cost, quality, compliance with nutrition and food-safety standards, and ability to meet tight delivery windows (often 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or similar narrow morning windows); several include local-sourcing preferences or geographic radius requirements (Wisconsin and Georgia examples). Head Start of Greater Dallas posted an IFB for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat (Solicitation 26-GP, due June 24, 2026) with an estimated value of $969,460.94 and weighted evaluation favoring unit price, product quality, and delivery performance.