UNSPSC 50323601: Dried alicante bouschet grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as alicante bouschet grapes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50323601 Dried alicante bouschet grapes, a Commodity code, covers dried grape products that state and local governments purchase primarily for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and centralized food service operations. Recent solicitations show minimal direct procurement activity specifically tied to this specialty dried grape variety; the recent state and local opportunities in the source are dominated by broad fresh produce, general grocery, and dried-fruit-and-nut categories that encompass raisins, cranberries, and mixed dried fruits but do not isolate alicante bouschet grapes as a named line item. The one relevant opportunity—Santa Clara County's ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for dried fruits and nuts to supply a correctional facility—specifies dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on an all-or-none basis, with raisins representing the largest volume commitment (5,880 cases annually of 150-packet servings). This procurement pattern suggests that dried grapes, when purchased by state and local bodies, are typically sourced as part of broader dried-fruit categories rather than as a standalone specialty commodity.

Issuing bodies soliciting under related dried-fruit codes span school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County in Georgia, plus Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia), state departments (Georgia Department of Education activities), county sheriff and correction departments (Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff), and state criminal-justice procurement (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Geographic activity clusters in the South—Georgia and Texas dominate recent postings—with secondary activity in the Mid-Atlantic and West Coast. The most recent directly relevant opportunity is Santa Clara County's dried-fruits-and-nuts ITB (due February 5, 2026), but that solicitation emphasizes raisins as the primary volume driver and does not name alicante bouschet grapes. School nutrition programs from July 2026 through June 2027 represent the principal buyer segment, but these RFPs and IFBs typically combine fresh produce with processed items and do not itemize specialty dried-grape varieties. Alicante bouschet grapes remain a niche input within the broader dried-fruit commodity space, and no recent solicitation in this dataset explicitly names them as a line item.