UNSPSC 50303479: Royal black seedless grapes

The variety of table grapes known as royal black seedless grapes

UNSPSC 50303479 Royal black seedless grapes is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, names a specific fresh produce item procured primarily for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and correctional food services. State and local governments are sourcing seedless grapes alongside broader fresh-produce contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code appears in comprehensive fruit-and-vegetable procurement vehicles where individual produce items are bid as part of larger institutional food supply arrangements. Issuing bodies include school districts (elementary through high school systems), county boards of education, Head Start child care organizations, and county sheriffs' offices operating correctional facilities. The mix reflects the institutional food-service landscape: the largest volume of recent activity comes from K–12 school nutrition programs serving breakfast and lunch under federal Title I child nutrition programs, with secondary volume from Head Start programs serving younger children under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and minimal activity from adult institutional feeding (correctional facilities).

Geographic spread is concentrated in the Southeast and Texas. Georgia school districts dominate the recent opportunity list—including Glynn County (seedless grapes, 5,900 units annually across a 60-item produce bid), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (seedless grape clamshells, unspecified quantity), and multiple other Georgia boards of education procuring grapes as part of comprehensive fresh-produce contracts. Texas school districts and child care organizations (McAllen ISD, Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP program) represent the second-largest cluster. A California county correctional facility (Santa Clara County) procured dried fruit separately and does not reference grapes. Representative recent opportunities include the Glynn County Board of Education School Nutrition Program (IFB 27-02 Fresh Produce, March 16, 2026, bids due April 14) procuring approximately 2,550 units each of red and green seedless grapes as part of a 60-line-item annual fresh-produce contract; the GEC Buying Cooperative multi-district procurement (RFP SN 26-004, February 4, 2026, due March 4) spanning 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million across fresh produce and eggs with seedless grapes included in the approximately 72-line-item scope; and the City of Edinburg, Texas, CACFP Meal Program (RFP 2026017, July 16, 2026, due August 4) requiring "fruits" within five broad supply categories to serve 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference applying to bids within 5% of lowest price. Seedless grapes appear consistently in school-year produce contracts running July 1 through June 30, with volume spikes during fall and spring semesters when fresh fruit demand for school lunch programs peaks.