UNSPSC 50304652: Starbright melons

The variety of melons known as starbright melons

UNSPSC 50304652 Starbright melons is a Commodity code that names a single melon variety, but state and local government procurement activity tagged to this code centers on broad fresh produce supply — particularly produce delivery to correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, senior services, child-care food programs, and regional parks. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh fruit and vegetable RFQs for delivery to food warehouses and facilities; the Illinois Department of Corrections and Illinois Department of Mental Health have sought bi-weekly and weekly produce delivery under small purchase and negotiated procurement; and school districts across Georgia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Texas are actively soliciting fresh produce — including fresh-cut and portion-controlled items — for National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program service. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, county boards of education, municipal parks and recreation departments, regional Head Start organizations, and mental health coalitions. The work itself is commodity supply-chain services: vendors supply, package, process (when required for ready-to-eat delivery), refrigerate, inspect, and deliver fresh fruits and vegetables on fixed schedules — typically weekly or bi-weekly, with temperature control, traceability documentation, HACCP compliance, and food-safety certification requirements standard across solicitations.

Recent opportunities cluster in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Connecticut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is soliciting fresh fruit and vegetable supply to facilities in Palestine and Snyder under RFQs due October 19 and October 14, 2026. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued an Invitation to Negotiate for food services (including produce) at North Collier Regional Park with a local-vendor preference worth 10 evaluation points, proposals due March 6, 2025 (note: date appears to be an outlier in the dataset). The Illinois Department of Mental Health's Madden Mental Health Center sought fresh produce supply under small purchase procurement due August 14, 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin posted two fresh produce RFBs in July 2026 — one for petite bananas at an estimated annual value of $78,000 and one for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison. Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, and DeSoto County School District in Mississippi all posted fresh produce procurement in June 2026, each covering 20+ produce line items with weekly or bi-weekly delivery to multiple school sites. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education sought grocery items spanning produce, dairy, and protein under an IFB due June 30, 2026, with Buy American provision requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content. Head Start of Greater Dallas issued an IFB for grocery products with an estimated procurement value of $969,460.94, including produce for child nutrition programs. Geographic concentration is strongest in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi), but activity is present across the Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin), Northeast (Connecticut), and South (Texas, Florida). Most solicitations are issued as RFQ, RFB, or ITN with response windows of 7–30 days, firm pricing typically fixed for 12 months or the contract period, and award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder unless multiple vendors are selected. Set-asides are not uniform — some solicitations carry small-business set-asides (Illinois), while others offer local-vendor or minority/woman-owned business evaluation preferences (Collier County, Madison, Bartow County Georgia, Hancock County Georgia). Buy American and domestic-sourcing requirements appear in school district procurements serving federal meal programs.