UNSPSC 50303630: Mission grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as mission grapes

UNSPSC 50303630 Mission grapes, a Commodity code, reflects state and local government procurement of fresh produce for institutional food service and child nutrition programs. State and local buyers use this code to source fresh fruits and vegetables — most commonly through school districts, corrections departments, mental health facilities, senior centers, and child care agencies. The recent solicitation activity shows that institutional produce procurement spans full-service grocery supply contracts for school lunch programs, specialized fresh-produce-only arrangements for correctional and mental health facilities, and targeted local-sourcing initiatives emphasizing regional farm networks and supply-chain transparency. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county boards of education and school districts across multiple states, municipal and county human services divisions, and specialized nonprofits (Head Start programs, health care coalitions, senior services). School districts and state correctional/mental health agencies represent the most active buyer segments in the recent record, each issuing multiple RFPs, RFBs, and ITNs over a six-month window.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South, with Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County), Texas agencies (TDCJ, City of Edinburg), Mississippi school districts (DeSoto County), and Illinois state departments (IDOC, DMH) dominating the recent opportunity list. Procurement also appears in Connecticut (Bridgeport), Florida (Collier County), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), and broader state-level activity in Georgia and Illinois. Representative recent procurements include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFP for fresh fruit and vegetables to its Palestine and Snyder food warehouses (due October 14 and 19, 2026), Collier County's ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park (due March 6, 2025, with 10-point local-vendor preference), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (both due July 29, 2026, with 5% diverse-owned-business preference and 400-mile sourcing requirement respectively), and the Illinois Department of Mental Health's small-purchase procurement for weekly fresh-produce delivery to Madden Mental Health Center (due August 14, 2026). School nutrition contracts typically require compliance with USDA standards, HACCP plans, prevailing wage certifications in some states, general liability insurance ($500,000 to $1 million), and Buy American provisions mandating domestic agricultural sourcing. Contract terms run one to three years with optional renewals, and many solicitations apply local-vendor preferences, minority/woman/diverse-owned business scoring, or geographic sourcing filters (400-mile radii or state-level local-farm requirements).