UNSPSC 50303608: Catarratto grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as catarratto grapes

UNSPSC 50303608 Catarratto grapes is a Commodity code. State and local governments do not procure this specific cultivar through competitive solicitation; instead, the recent opportunities tagged with this code reflect broad fresh produce procurement for institutional food service — primarily school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and child care programs. The actual buying activity spans general fresh fruit and vegetable supply contracts where produce variety changes seasonally and by availability rather than sourcing a single grape type. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County in Georgia; Madison Metropolitan and DeSoto County in Mississippi/Wisconsin), city school boards (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Edinburg, Texas), and specialized agencies (Head Start providers, senior services divisions, county boards of education across Georgia, Florida, and other states). Repeat buyers include Georgia school nutrition programs (appearing in at least five separate solicitations) and Texas correctional facilities (multiple TDCJ food warehouse supply contracts).

Procurement spans the full geographic range of recent state and local activity: Texas dominates with TDCJ multi-location fresh produce contracts for Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne food warehouses; Georgia school districts (Bartow County, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County) solicit fresh produce for 2026–2027 school years; Illinois agencies (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health) seek produce delivery; Wisconsin's Madison Metropolitan School District bids petite bananas and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks; and Florida's Collier County Parks solicits food-service concessions. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply and delivery to Palestine (RFQ, due October 19, 2026); Bryan County School Nutrition Program's sealed bid for fresh produce with questions due May 7, 2026 and bids due May 27, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce covering 200+ line items with bids due June 26, 2026; and Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products with an estimated contract value of $969,460.94 and bids due June 24, 2026. Buy American provisions and domestic sourcing preferences appear in Georgia and Mississippi school district procurements; local-vendor preferences are embedded in Collier County's ITN (10 evaluation points for Collier or Lee County permanent residency) and Bartow County's RFP (400-mile local-sourcing requirement).