UNSPSC 50303606: Carignane grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as carignane grapes

UNSPSC 50303606 Carignane grapes is a Commodity code that nominally identifies a single varietal of wine grape; however, state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect wine production or viticulture supply. Instead, recent opportunities show school districts, child care agencies, senior services departments, and correctional facilities procuring fresh produce broadly—fruit and vegetable snacks, whole produce for meal programs, and specialty items for nutrition services—with Carignane grapes appearing in none of the recent solicitations reviewed. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (elementary through secondary districts across Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Florida, and Oregon), followed by child and adult care food programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP, Hancock County early head start), a municipal senior services division, and one county correctional facility. School districts dominate the activity, with repeated buys from the same jurisdictions (multiple Georgia school systems including Bulloch County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia, followed by Texas, with smaller volumes in Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, and California.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the mismatch between the code and actual procurement. The City of Edinburg, Texas issued RFP 2026-017 due August 4, 2026, for CACFP meal program supplies spanning five categories (beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, nonfood items) for approximately 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference under Texas Government Code Section 271.9051—a broad food and supplies solicitation, not produce-specific. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin issued RFB 4162 due July 29, 2026, for petite bananas alone (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 annual value September 2026–June 2027), and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles and Wisconsin, with a 5% diverse-owned business preference and federal Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program funding contingency. The Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia issued separate solicitations for local produce (within 200 miles, 24 items) and comprehensive grocery items across 14 school sites. These opportunities reflect institutional food service procurement at scale—weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to multiple sites, HACCP compliance, Buy American/domestic-sourcing preferences, and cost-plus or firm fixed-price models. The code shows little relevant recent activity and appears to be a taxonomic mismatch; pursuit should focus on broader fresh-produce and institutional-food-supply categories rather than the Carignane grape commodity designation.