UNSPSC 50304640: Piel de sapo melons

The variety of melons known as piel de sapo melons

UNSPSC 50304640 Piel de sapo melons, a Commodity code, describes fresh produce items that state and local governments procure for school nutrition, child care, and senior services programs—though recent opportunities show minimal specific activity for this melon variety and predominantly feature broader fresh-produce and grocery solicitations. School districts, county boards of education, and municipal child nutrition agencies across the Southeast and Texas are the primary issuing bodies soliciting under related produce codes; recent solicitations span Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California. State and local governments buy fresh produce through mixed issuing patterns: school districts conduct the majority of procurements (Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools, and others across Georgia counties), with additional activity from child care and Head Start programs (City of Edinburg CACFP procurement, Head Start of Greater Dallas), senior services (City of San Antonio), and correctional facilities (County of Santa Clara). These jurisdictions source produce through Invitations for Bid (IFBs), Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and Requests for Quote (RFQs) with response windows typically 2–8 weeks.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Savannah-Chatham, Bulloch, Dougherty, Bryan, Liberty, Glynn, Muscogee, Henry, and Hancock County school systems), Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, City of Edinburg), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), with secondary activity in Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's bid for 72 fresh produce line items with annual quantities reaching 21,125 cases for Fuji apples (IFB opened April 23, 2026), McAllen ISD's RFP for fresh produce across 31 campuses with awards to multiple vendors (extended deadline March 6, 2026), and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP covering 30 Georgia school districts with estimated Area One spending of $4.4 million annually for approximately 72 produce line items including apples, bananas, berries, and leafy greens (proposals due March 4, 2026). Procurement emphasizes Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, traceability documentation, cost-plus or firm fixed-price models with escalation tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data, weekly or bi-weekly delivery to multiple school and program sites, and insurance requirements typically ranging from $500,000 to $2 million in commercial general liability. The source contains no recent opportunities explicitly named for piel de sapo melons; the code's actual activity appears limited to broader produce categories, suggesting limited near-term pursuit viability under this specific commodity line unless pursuing cooperative purchasing vehicles or multi-item school nutrition contracts where melon varieties appear as secondary line items.