UNSPSC 50303611: Chardonnay grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as chardonnay grapes

UNSPSC 50303611 Chardonnay grapes is a Commodity code that in practice captures state and local procurement for fresh fruits and vegetables far more broadly than the code name suggests. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying fresh produce under this code for institutional food service — correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior centers, school districts, and child care programs — with deliveries ranging from bi-weekly to daily and quality specifications tied to USDA standards, health codes, and program compliance requirements including CACFP, USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, and National School Lunch Program standards. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county school boards and districts, county parks and recreation, city departments of human services, and regional special-purpose entities such as Head Start programs and Marion Health Care Coalition. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears as a repeat buyer, soliciting fresh produce for multiple food warehouse locations (Snyder, Wynne, and Palestine facilities) within a compressed window in late September and October 2026.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi over the past six months. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's bi-weekly fresh fruit and vegetable procurement for the Palestine facility (IFB due October 19, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections' small-business-set-aside fresh produce bid for Joliet Treatment Center (quote due September 3, 2026 with bi-weekly delivery and prevailing wage compliance required), Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana procurement under RFB 4162 (bids due July 29, 2026 for 70–90 weekly cases at $78,000 annual value with strict ripeness and temperature specifications), and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce bid for the 2026–27 school year (bids due June 26, 2026 covering 200+ produce line items with domestic-content preference and delivery to three school sites). School nutrition programs dominate recent posting volume, often bundling produce with broader grocery and food-service categories and applying local-sourcing preferences, diverse-business evaluation points, and cooperative purchasing eligibility where applicable.