UNSPSC 50303480: Ruby red seedless grapes

The variety of table grapes known as ruby red seedless grapes

UNSPSC 50303480 Ruby red seedless grapes, a Commodity code, covers fresh fruit procurement for state and local institutional food service programs—most prominently school districts, county and municipal child nutrition programs, and senior services. State and local buyers source seedless grapes alongside broader fresh produce categories for National School Lunch Program compliance, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal service, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) distribution. Recent solicitations show grapes specified by quantity and ripeness stage alongside dozens of other produce items, indicating they are a commodity component within larger multi-item food service awards rather than standalone buys.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with secondary activity from city and county child nutrition departments, Head Start providers, and cooperative purchasing consortiums spanning multiple districts. Georgia school districts—Bryan County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County—show the highest concentration of recent procurement activity, followed by Texas districts (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, City of Edinburg) and scattered opportunities in Florida, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Oregon. The GEC Buying Cooperative (Douglas County School System administering for 30 Georgia districts) and Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) demonstrate multi-district cooperative purchasing at scale. Representative recent opportunities include McAllen Independent School District's RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses (proposals due March 6, 2026), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce items serving 60 schools (sealed bids due April 23, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET), and the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP SN 26-004 covering two Georgia geographic areas with estimated combined annual spending of $5.5 million (proposals due March 4, 2026). Buy American compliance, HACCP plans, firm fixed pricing or cost-plus-fixed-fee structures, and weekly delivery schedules are standard. Geographic preference policies—notably 400-mile and 200-mile local sourcing mandates in Wisconsin and Georgia—signal active procurement innovation favoring regional supply chains.