UNSPSC 50323645: Dried royalty grapes

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

UNSPSC 50323645 Dried royalty grapes, a Commodity code, describes dried raisins and specialty dried grape products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and state criminal justice agencies buying dried grapes as components of broader food-service commodity contracts rather than as standalone line items; the code appears in procurement contexts where nutrition departments source multiple dried fruit, produce, and prepared-food categories for cafeteria and detention-facility meal programs. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state departments of criminal justice (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and state purchasing divisions coordinating multi-agency food procurement. Buy American requirements under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products) and USDA grade compliance apply across school-based solicitations.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Texas, with recent opportunities posted by Georgia school districts and the State of Georgia, Connecticut municipalities, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Hancock County Schools Nutrition posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with responses due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items across the 2026–27 school year (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued Bid No. IW236532 on April 23, 2026, specifically for whole, pitted, dried prunes (U.S. Grade B, 60–70 count, 25-pound boxes) with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes, though the response deadline of February 20, 2026, has passed. Bridgeport Board of Education solicited commodities including fruit and vegetable products under IFB BNB053266, posted June 2, 2026, with bids due June 26, 2026. The code shows modest but persistent procurement activity within school nutrition and institutional corrections food service; activity remains limited and event-driven rather than continuous.