UNSPSC 50324609: Dried charentais melons

The variety of melons known as charentais melons that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324609 Dried charentais melons (Commodity) represents a narrow product category within state and local procurement focused on specific dried melon varieties for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show little direct activity under this code. School districts and state corrections agencies are the primary issuing bodies soliciting fresh and dried produce across broader categories that nominally encompass this commodity, but the recent opportunities block contains no dedicated solicitations for dried charentais melons specifically. Instead, Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued an IFB on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including fresh melons for the 2026–27 school year, with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, and the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) posted a commodities IFB on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, covering 115 line items of produce and other food products for school nutrition. The State of Georgia and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have also posted broader food-supply solicitations (Georgia's May 15, 2026, and Texas TDCJ's May 4, 2026, IFB for approximately 382 cafeteria food items), but neither identifies dried charentais melons within disclosed scope.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas school districts and state agencies. Hancock County Schools in Mississippi and the City of Bridgeport in Connecticut represent the two clearest school-nutrition opportunities, both with June 26, 2026, response dates and both requiring Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products). The Texas TDCJ IFB, extended via addendum to May 4, 2026, and the Georgia State Food Supplies solicitation (due June 22, 2026) suggest ongoing state institutional-food procurement but lack disclosed line-item detail confirming dried charentais melon inclusion. Bidders should note that recent school-nutrition solicitations emphasize fresh produce over dried specialty items, with no clear market signal supporting active demand for dried charentais melons under this specific code at the state and local level in the current cycle.