UNSPSC 50303640: Pinot blanc grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as pinot blanc grapes

UNSPSC 50303640 Pinot blanc grapes is a Commodity code that does not align with the scope of recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains 24 posted opportunities across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and other jurisdictions, but none solicits pinot blanc grapes or wine-industry procurement. Instead, the opportunities span fresh produce supply—primarily fruits and vegetables—for institutional food service: school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior centers, child care programs, water parks, and regional park concessions. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a single varietal wine grape) and the institutional fresh-produce activity reflected in recent solicitations indicates that this code does not capture meaningful state and local buying patterns in the current market.

Institutional fresh-produce procurement dominates the recent opportunity set, with issuers including school districts (Madison Metropolitan, DeSoto County, Dougherty County, Early County, Bartow County, Bryan County, Hancock County, Bridgeport Board of Education), state corrections and mental-health departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health), regional transit and parks authorities (Collier County Parks and Recreation, North Collier Regional Park, San Antonio Parks & Recreation), municipal human-services divisions (City of San Antonio, City of Bridgeport), Head Start agencies, and regional health-care coalitions. Solicitations typically request line-item pricing on 40 to 300+ produce items—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, onions, oranges, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and seasonal specialty produce—delivered weekly or bi-weekly to multiple sites under F.O.B. Destination terms with firm pricing for 12 months and contract terms running July 1 through June 30 aligned to fiscal and school-year cycles. Representative procurements include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IW267376 (fresh fruit and vegetables for Palestine facility, proposals due October 19, 2026, RFQ), Collier County's ITN for North Collier Regional Park food services (local-vendor preference, 10-point evaluation bonus for Collier or Lee County residency, proposals due March 6, 2025), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 weekly servings, Wisconsin-sourced within 400 miles, diverse-owned business 5% preference, bids due July 29, 2026), and the Illinois Department of Mental Health's small-purchase contract for weekly produce delivery to Madden Mental Health Center in Hines, Illinois (approximately 39 line items, fiscal year 2027 through June 30, 2027). The procurement activity spans Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Connecticut, Florida, and Mississippi, with school nutrition programs and correctional institutions driving the highest volume of recent solicitations. This code should not be pursued under its current Commodity designation because state and local governments are not procuring pinot blanc grapes; they are buying institutional fresh produce under broader commodity classifications or family-level codes that encompass mixed produce supply.