UNSPSC 50304657: Sweet heart seedless watermelon

The variety of melons known as sweet heart seedless watermelon

UNSPSC 50304657 Sweet heart seedless watermelon is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure fresh watermelons for child nutrition programs, senior services, school meal operations, and correctional facility food service. The code sees active solicitation across school districts, cities, counties, and special-purpose food service entities, most prominently in child and adult care food programs (CACFP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP) operations, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) distributions. Watermelon appears as a line item within broader fresh produce procurements rather than as a standalone commodity in most recent opportunities, embedded in comprehensive fruit-and-vegetable inventories that school nutrition departments and child care food programs source weekly or seasonally. Issuing bodies include Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Glynn County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County), Texas school districts and child care agencies (McAllen ISD, City of Edinburg CACFP, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and Florida school districts (Hillsborough County), with sporadic activity from individual county boards of education and municipal child care services across the Southeast and South. These procurement offices source produce through sealed-bid invitations for bid (IFB), requests for proposal (RFP), and requests for quotation (RFQ), with pricing commonly structured on a per-unit or per-case basis firm for initial contract periods (typically 12 months) subject to documented market adjustments thereafter.

Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia and Texas, followed by Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California, reflecting the prevalence of school-district-driven procurement. Representative recent opportunities include Bryan County School Nutrition Program's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce (including watermelon among 20+ line items) with bids due May 27, 2026; Bulloch County School District's local-produce RFP for Farm to School programming covering 24 items including watermelons grown within 200 miles, proposals due May 4, 2026; McAllen Independent School District's fresh produce RFP for 31 campuses and 20,000 students with proposals due March 6, 2026 (extended by addendum); and Glynn County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB for 16 school locations with sealed bids due April 14, 2026. Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with optional renewals; Buy American provisions requiring domestic sourcing predominate; HACCP plans and traceability documentation are standard requirements; and pricing must include all delivery and packing charges with no separate fuel surcharges permitted. School districts increasingly emphasize local and regional sourcing within 50–400 miles and apply preference discounts (commonly 5% for diverse-owned vendors) on final price comparison, signaling active market opportunity for regional and local watermelon suppliers meeting food-safety certifications and delivery-reliability standards.