UNSPSC 50304646: Royal star melons

The variety of melons known as royal star melons

UNSPSC 50304646 Royal star melons is a Commodity code representing fresh melon supply to institutional food-service operations. State and local governments procure royal star melons and other fresh produce primarily through school districts, correctional facilities, state mental-health centers, senior-services departments, and child-care programs operating under federal nutrition-assistance regimes (National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Head Start). Recent solicitations show demand concentrated in states with large institutional-food networks and active school-nutrition procurement cycles—Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida. The work spans commodity supply (single-item produce contracts), multi-item fresh-fruit-and-vegetable distribution (weekly or bi-weekly delivery to warehouses and individual sites), and specialized produce sourcing (local and organic produce with farm traceability). Issuing bodies include state departments of criminal justice and mental health, county boards of education, city school districts, county-level senior services and human-services divisions, and Head Start grantees. Payment structures vary: fixed firm pricing by unit or case, cost-plus-fee models with monthly price resets, and lump-sum contracts with volume commitments.

Recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice seeking fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to three prison food warehouses (Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne facilities, with response deadlines in October 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District requesting petite bananas at $78,000 annual estimated value for September 2026–June 2027 supply under RFB 4162 (response deadline July 29, 2026) and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable snacks for its USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under RFB 4163 (same response date, award contingent on receipt of federal grant funding); Illinois Department of Corrections issuing a small-business set-aside quote for bi-weekly produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (response due September 3, 2026); and multiple Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Bartow County, and Early County) bidding fresh-produce supply contracts for 2026–2027 school year with response deadlines ranging May through June 2026. Collier County, Florida issued an Invitation to Negotiate for food-service concession operations including produce at North Collier Regional Park (response due March 6, 2025, with local-vendor preference). Buy American provisions apply to most school and correctional-facility contracts; many solicit from local or regional suppliers within specified mileage bands; insurance, HACCP certification, E-Verify authorization, and prevailing-wage compliance are standard vendor requirements.