UNSPSC 50323502: Dried canner grapes

The variety of raisin grapes known as canner grapes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50323502 Dried canner grapes, a Commodity code, encompasses dried and processed grape products sourced by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and other institutional food-service operations. The recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring dried prunes and fresh produce for school lunch programs, corrections facilities, and nutrition centers — though the recent opportunities tagged to this code feature predominantly fresh produce and whole dried prunes rather than processed canned or dried grape products specifically. Hancock County Schools in Georgia, the City of Bridgeport in Connecticut, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice all posted significant food-procurement RFQs and IFBs in the past six months, with school districts and state corrections departments emerging as the primary issuing bodies. Buy American compliance requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products is standard across school nutrition solicitations, and MBE/CBE certifications apply where local ordinance or state policy mandates them. Vendors supplying these operations must meet USDA grade standards, provide HACCP plans or equivalent food-safety documentation, maintain product liability insurance, and accept firm fixed pricing for the contract term unless a documented major market shift or force majeure event occurs.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas, with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a repeat institutional buyer of bulk dried and processed foods. Hancock County Schools issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 response deadline, covering over 200 line items across multiple produce categories for delivery to three school locations through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB053266 for commodities including fruits and vegetable products with a June 26, 2026 deadline and electronic submission through the OpenGov Procurement Portal, with contract term through June 30, 2027 and one optional renewal year. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across approximately 382 line items spanning proteins, dairy, grains, and produce with a May 4, 2026 response deadline and contract term extending through August 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals. An earlier TDCJ IFB (IW236532) specifically for whole pitted dried prunes, Grade B quality, with 1,400 boxes minimum order to the Corpus Christi location, carried a February 20, 2026 response deadline that has passed. The State of Georgia issued a food-supplies solicitation (PE55645NONST2026000000009) with a June 22, 2026 deadline, though scope details are contained in an attached document.