UNSPSC 50304610: Charleston gray watermelon

A widely grown african vine (citrullus lanatus syn. C. Vulgaris) of the gourd family that bears a large oblong or roundish fruit with a hard green or white rind often striped or variegated, a sweet watery pink, yellowish, or red pulp, and usually many seeds

UNSPSC 50304610 Charleston gray watermelon is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh fruit and vegetable supply and delivery to state and local institutional food-service operations, including correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior centers, and child nutrition programs. State and local governments procure produce under this code through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus-fee arrangements, and firm-fixed-unit-pricing models, with deliveries ranging from bi-weekly to daily service. The issuing-body mix spans state departments of corrections and mental health, county school districts, city and county parks departments, city senior services, and child care and Head Start organizations. Texas Department of Criminal Justice and various Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Early County, Bartow County, and DeSoto County) appear repeatedly as active buyers. Illinois Department of Corrections and Mental Health, Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Collier County in Florida, and City of San Antonio represent additional geographic and institutional diversity.

Recent solicitations span Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Florida, and Mississippi. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple produce-supply RFPs for food warehouses serving correctional facilities (Snyder, Wynne, and Palestine locations), with response dates in October 2026. The Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center sought fresh fruits and vegetables on a small-purchase basis with an August 14, 2026 deadline. Georgia school districts have issued numerous sealed-bid procurements for fresh produce covering 40–200+ line items, with contracts typically running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 and firm pricing throughout the period. Madison Metropolitan School District requested bids for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (5,900 servings weekly, Wisconsin-sourced within 400 miles) both due July 29, 2026. Head Start of Greater Dallas estimated total procurement at $969,460.94 across primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers. Collier County's North Collier Regional Park food-services solicitation (ITN with March 6, 2025 due date) emphasized local-vendor preference and concession operations. Buy American provisions and domestic-sourcing requirements appear across school district and correctional procurements; several school districts apply local-sourcing preferences (within 400 miles or within-state origin) and pricing preference discounts for organic or diverse-owned-business produce. Prevailing wage, HACCP compliance, food-safety certifications, and commercial liability insurance of $500,000 to $1,000,000 are standard contract requirements across issuing bodies.