UNSPSC 50323420: Dried catawba grapes

The variety of table grapes known as catawba grapes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50323420 Dried catawba grapes is a Commodity code that encompasses specialized dried fruit products procured by state and local food service operations, particularly school districts and correctional facilities. Recent solicitations under this code show limited direct demand for catawba grapes specifically; instead, state and local buyers are soliciting dried fruits and nuts as components of broader food supply contracts for institutional nutrition programs. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department procurement (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) explicitly solicited dried fruits including raisins and cranberries alongside nuts for the Elmwood Correctional Facility, and Georgia school districts (Douglas County, Liberty County, Hancock County, Savannah-Chatham) have issued multiple IFBs and RFPs for fresh produce and grocery items that may include dried fruit line items within larger food baskets. School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, followed by state departments of education and county boards of education; correctional facilities represent a secondary but recurring buyer segment. The sourcing reflects institutional cafeteria operations at scale—Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) forecast over 900 line items across 6,900 daily lunch participants, and Douglas County School System (Georgia) operates approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with estimated annual spend near $9 million.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County school systems), with notable recent solicitations in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Texas (TDCJ cafeteria procurement and prunes bid IW236532), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and California (Santa Clara County correctional facility). The most directly relevant recent opportunity is Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts ITB (due February 5, 2026), which specified raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis for the Elmwood Correctional Facility. More broadly, school nutrition RFPs routinely include dried fruit components within master grocery contracts—Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) and Rockwood R-VI's grocery procurement (due April 29, 2026) both encompass snacks and prepared items where dried catawba grapes could compete. Buy American requirements appear in all institutional food solicitations, mandating minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products; catawba grapes sourced domestically would meet this threshold. Pricing is firm-fixed for contract periods (typically one year with optional renewals), delivery is F.O.B. destination prepaid, and awards frequently go to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis. Response dates cluster in late February through April 2026; future school nutrition bidding typically follows academic-year cycles (July 1 through June 30 performance periods with spring RFQ/IFB posting).