UNSPSC 50303634: Muscat of alexandria grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as muscat of alexandria grapes

UNSPSC 50303634 Muscat of alexandria grapes, a Commodity code, represents a narrow produce line that state and local governments buy primarily for institutional food service in corrections, mental health, school nutrition, and senior services programs. Recent solicitations show that jurisdictions are acquiring fresh grapes — typically as part of broader produce buys — for cafeteria operations, child nutrition programs, and facility dining. The issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county and municipal school districts, county boards of education, and special-purpose food service entities. Texas Department of Criminal Justice appears as a repeat buyer, soliciting fresh fruit and vegetables (including grapes as a commodity within the broader produce category) for multiple food warehouses serving prison facilities. School districts in Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and other states regularly solicit fresh produce that includes grapes for National School Lunch Program and breakfast service. A few solicitations explicitly name individual produce items—such as Madison Metropolitan School District's separate bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks—but most frame produce procurement as broad line-item specifications where grapes appear alongside apples, berries, citrus, and root vegetables rather than as a standalone contract vehicle.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Midwest, with the heaviest volume in Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, Early County), Texas (TDCJ facilities in Palestine, Snyder, Huntsville, and Edinburg), and Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District). Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health procured fresh produce in August 2026. A representative solicitation is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IW267376 for fresh fruit and vegetables to Palestine, Texas (due October 19, 2026), issued as an RFP via the TDCJ Procurement Portal at https://tdcj.bonfirehub.com with contact Marie-Ange Jackson at marie-ange.jackson@tdcj.texas.gov. Similarly, Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program requested sealed bids for fresh produce covering 40 line items (including grapes where applicable) with bids due June 16, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. and award anticipated within approximately 60 days. School districts typically establish annual contract terms (July 1 through June 30) with Buy American requirements, HACCP plan mandates, and F.O.B. Destination pricing that includes transportation and packing. Corrections and mental health facilities often run smaller, more frequent buys on shorter timelines (September through October posting windows for year-end contracts). No federal set-asides appear across the recent record; some jurisdictions apply local-vendor preferences or diversity scoring, and a few specify organic-product discounts or cooperative-purchasing eligibility.