UNSPSC 50304654: Sugar baby melons

The variety of melons known as sugar baby melons

UNSPSC 50304654 Sugar baby melons is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh produce — specifically fresh fruits and vegetables — under this code to supply institutional food service operations serving incarcerated populations, mental health facility residents, senior centers, school districts, and child care programs. Recent solicitations show demand for individual commodity lines (bananas, apples, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and melons among others) delivered to central warehouses, food production facilities, and individual school or facility sites. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and independent school districts, city senior services divisions, and regional health care coalitions. Scope varies from single-item bids (petite bananas for Madison Metropolitan School District) to broad fresh-produce supply contracts supporting multiple nutrition programs across dozens of school sites or facility locations. Contracts typically run one school or fiscal year with renewal options, impose Buy American requirements or local-sourcing preferences where federal child nutrition or state funds apply, mandate HACCP and food-safety compliance, and require vendors to absorb transportation, delivery, and temperature control costs. School districts and correctional facilities are repeat solicitors; delivery windows are often tightly constrained (early morning, before noon, or within specific hours), and fill rates or service-level commitments (97–98 percent) are common.

Geographic activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Connecticut, with the highest recent concentration in Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice food warehouse supply for multiple facilities) and Georgia (school districts across multiple counties). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice requesting fresh fruit and vegetable proposals for Palestine and Snyder food warehouses (RFQ IW267376 and IW267420, due October 19 and October 14, 2026 respectively); Madison Metropolitan School District requesting bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under RFB 4162 and 4163 (due July 29, 2026, with estimated annual value of $78,000 for bananas and weekly volumes of 5,900 servings for snacks); Illinois Department of Corrections requesting fresh produce quotes for Joliet Treatment Center (RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, with small-business set-aside); and Bryan County Schools (Georgia) requesting fresh produce bids for the 2026–2027 school year (due May 27, 2026). Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued an Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN, due March 6, 2025, with local-vendor preference worth 10 evaluation points). The code is actively solicited across multiple states and issuing-body types, with school nutrition programs and institutional food service the dominant end-users.