UNSPSC 50343640: Frozen pinot blanc grapes

The variety of wine grapes known as pinot blanc grapes that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50343640 Frozen pinot blanc grapes is a Commodity code that in practice bears little relevance to state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations for frozen pinot blanc grapes or wine-production inputs. Instead, the code appears in the state and local contracting universe primarily as a tagging artifact; when it does surface, the work solicited is general grocery procurement for institutional food service—school nutrition programs, state hospitals, state-supported living centers, detention facilities, and Head Start programs—spanning proteins, produce, frozen foods, dairy, and related supplies across hundreds of line items per contract, not specialized viticulture or enology inputs.

State and local buyers conducting this work are predominantly school districts (Fulton County, Hancock County, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County, Bulloch County, Henry County, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI, Bridgeport Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, and Hillsborough County in multiple recent bids), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for Big Spring State Hospital and El Paso State Supported Living Center), and special-purpose food-service operators (Head Start of Greater Dallas, County of Santa Clara corrections food service). Most bids are issued as IFBs with firm fixed-price line-item or all-inclusive unit pricing; representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 Groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (response due July 27, 2026, approximately $32,000 historical baseline), the City of Bridgeport's school-lunch procurement under IFB BNB052266 (response due June 30, 2026, over 1,100 line items), and the Douglas County School System's RFP for Food Supply and Distribution Services (response due February 18, 2026, approximately $9 million annual spend). Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia (Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Bulloch, Henry County, Fulton County, Decatur, Early County, and Hancock County school districts) and Texas (HHSC state facilities, Head Start of Greater Dallas), with activity also in Connecticut, Missouri, California, and Oregon. These are mature, high-volume institutional procurements driven by federal and state nutrition-program funding, Buy American provisions, HACCP and food-safety compliance, and multi-year contract renewal cycles; the code itself does not distinguish this activity and carries minimal decision value for positioning frozen wine-grape inputs or specialty viticulture products.