UNSPSC 50304643: Red goblin melons

The variety of melons known as red goblin melons

UNSPSC 50304643 Red goblin melons, a Commodity code, is not currently being procured by state and local government entities in recent solicitations. The recent opportunities block contains 30 active child nutrition and school food service solicitations, none of which name red goblin melons as a line item or focus area. While the code nominally identifies a specific produce variety, the state and local procurement activity in the dataset reflects broader fresh produce categories—apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, leafy greens, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, watermelons, and citrus fruits—across school nutrition programs, child care food programs, senior services, and county correctional facilities, but no specific demand for red goblin melons as a distinct procurement target.

School districts and school nutrition programs in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California dominate the recent activity, with issuing bodies including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), and the GEC Buying Cooperative (a 30-district Georgia consortium). Typical solicitations are ITBs, RFPs, or RFBs for fresh produce delivered to school sites multiple times weekly, with estimates ranging from $78,000 annually (Madison Metropolitan for petite bananas alone) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools for comprehensive groceries and produce). The code shows no activity outside institutional food service, no procurement by municipalities for retail distribution, and no consumer-facing produce sales. If red goblin melons are intended as a specialty or niche melon variety, vendors should monitor district nutrition specifications and pre-bid conferences where menu innovation is discussed, but the absence of specific demand signals in current state and local procurement suggests limited near-term pursuit opportunity under this code.