UNSPSC 50303506: Sultana grapes

The variety of raisin grapes known as sultana grapes

UNSPSC 50303506 Sultana grapes is a Commodity code for a specific dried-fruit product line that state and local governments procure primarily through child nutrition and institutional food service programs, though recent opportunities show limited direct solicitation for sultana grapes alone and instead reflect broader fresh produce, dried fruit, or grocery procurement vehicles into which sultana grapes may fit as line items. State and local issuing bodies pursuing produce and food service contracts span school districts, county boards of education, cities operating senior services or detention facilities, child care agencies, and head start providers across a multi-state footprint centered in the Southeast and Southwest. School nutrition programs conduct the largest share of recent activity, with solicitations from districts in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and Mississippi requesting fresh produce, dried fruits, nuts, and related food items for National School Lunch Programs, School Breakfast Programs, Child and Adult Care Food Programs, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (July 29, 2026 response) soliciting petite bananas at an estimated $78,000 annual value; the Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFPDST (March 11, 2026 response, with approximately $600,000 estimated annual budget) for specialty fresh fruits and vegetables for a federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP SN 26-004 (March 4, 2026 response) covering fresh produce and eggs across 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending exceeding $5.5 million; and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 (February 5, 2026 response) for dried fruits including dried cranberries and tropical fruit mixes to support detention facility food services.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, where school districts from Bryan County to Dougherty County to Glynn County to Bulloch County have posted produce procurements in recent months, alongside significant activity in Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Edinburg), Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools and Bridgeport Board of Education), and scattered opportunities in Oregon, Mississippi, and California. School districts and food authorities evaluate vendors primarily on cost (typically 30–50% of scoring), qualifications and experience, product quality and compliance with USDA nutrition standards including whole grain and sodium requirements, and delivery reliability; many require HACCP plans, GAP certification, traceability, and Buy American compliance with domestic content minimums of 51% for processed items. Insurance requirements are standard (general liability $500,000–$2,000,000, workers' compensation per state statutory minimums). While sultana grapes do not appear as standalone line items in the recent opportunities posted, the code sits within the broader dried-fruit commodity family actively solicited by institutions managing institutional food service contracts, particularly those serving child nutrition and correctional facilities, with highest current activity in school nutrition programs operating under federal funding streams and Buy American provisions that favor domestic agricultural products where price and quality are comparable.