UNSPSC 50303498: Burgundy grapes

Variety of wine grapes known as burgundy grapes.

UNSPSC 50303498 Burgundy grapes is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce under this code as part of broader food-service contracts—particularly institutional meal programs operated by correctional facilities, school districts, mental-health centers, senior services, and child-care programs. The work spans single-item commodity sourcing (petite bananas, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks) through full-line produce supply agreements that require compliance with USDA quality standards, CACFP or National School Lunch Program regulations, food-safety protocols including HACCP plans, and delivery to multiple sites or central warehouses. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county boards of education, county sheriffs' offices, city departments of human services, and specialized facilities such as regional parks and Head Start organizations. Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple recent solicitations for fresh produce supply to food warehouses and individual facilities; Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County) and Illinois correctional and mental-health agencies appear regularly across the dataset. Vendors face mandatory certifications (tax compliance, drug-free workplace, cybersecurity, domestic-product procurement rules), prevailing-wage compliance in some jurisdictions, Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic-commodity content (commonly 51% for processed items), and comprehensive insurance requirements (general liability typically $500,000 to $1 million per occurrence, workers' compensation at statutory rates).

Recent procurement activity concentrates in the Southeast and South-Central United States, with standout activity in Texas (TDCJ food-warehouse supply and city school nutrition programs), Georgia (multiple school-district fresh-produce contracts), Illinois (state correctional and mental-health facilities), and Connecticut and Wisconsin (school-district produce and snack programs). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFQ for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to the Palestine facility (due October 19, 2026, IW267376), the Collier County Board of County Commissioners ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park with local-vendor preference (due March 6, 2025, 258360), the Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside (due September 3, 2026, 27426DOCJOLIEB53849), Madison Metropolitan School District RFB for petite bananas totaling approximately $78,000 annually (due July 29, 2026, RFB 4162), and DeSoto County School District IFB for fresh produce on a cost-plus-fee basis (bids due June 22, 2026, 3170035984). Evaluation typically weighs cost at 30–40%, qualifications and experience at 15–25%, product quality and menu variety at 15–25%, and diverse-owned business or local-vendor status at 5–15 points. Geographic-preference programs appear in Wisconsin (400-mile local-sourcing requirement with 5% diverse-business discount in Madison RFB 4163) and Georgia (Bartow County 400-mile local-farm requirement, RFP 10-2026-019).