UNSPSC 50303624: Malbec grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as malbec grapes

UNSPSC 50303624 Malbec grapes, a Commodity code, spans the procurement of fresh produce items by state and local governments, though recent solicitations under this code tag show activity focused on broader fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply rather than malbec grapes specifically. State and local buyers soliciting under the code include state departments of criminal justice and corrections, county school boards, city school districts, county parks departments, municipal human services divisions, and specialized food-service organizations serving detention facilities, schools, senior centers, and child care programs. The work being bought includes bi-weekly or weekly fresh produce delivery to institutional food-service operations, with vendors supplying produce meeting USDA quality standards, food-safety regulations, and program-specific nutritional requirements such as those mandated by the National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and institutional dietary standards. Contracts typically require F.O.B. Destination pricing with no separate fuel surcharges, refrigerated delivery vehicles, replacement of damaged goods at no cost, compliance with food-traceability documentation and farm-of-origin certification where applicable, and maintenance of general liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $1,000,000 per occurrence depending on contract value.

Recent activity spans Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida, with the highest concentration in Texas and Georgia school nutrition programs and state corrections departments. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetable supply to Palestine, Texas (response due October 19, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside with bi-weekly delivery and prevailing-wage compliance (response due September 3, 2026), the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas with estimated annual contract value of $78,000 (response due July 29, 2026), and the Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 for fresh produce across 200+ line items with Buy American requirements and domestic-content documentation (response due June 26, 2026). School districts and detention-facility operators dominate recent solicitation volume; many apply Buy American or domestic-sourcing preferences, local-vendor geographic preferences worth evaluation points, and in some cases small-business or minority-owned-business set-asides. Cooperative purchasing vehicles and piggybacking provisions appear in some school-district solicitations, expanding addressable contract scope beyond the named issuing body.