UNSPSC 50324610: Dried charleston gray watermelon

A widely grown african vine (citrullus lanatus syn. C. Vulgaris) of the gourd family that bears a large oblong or roundish fruit with a hard green or white rind often striped or variegated, a sweet watery pink, yellowish, or red pulp, and usually many seeds that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324610 Dried charleston gray watermelon, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity under its nominal scope. School districts and state agencies posting under this code are actually soliciting broad fresh and processed food products for nutrition programs and institutional kitchens, with dried watermelon rarely appearing in the itemized scope. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, melons, citrus, and leafy greens for the 2026-27 school year, with responses due June 26, 2026. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center covering 115 line items of eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products, also with a June 26, 2026 response deadline. The State of Georgia and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued broader food-supply solicitations in May and June 2026, but full scope details were not fully itemized in the available records. The code shows little demand for dried charleston gray watermelon specifically; issuers are school nutrition programs and state institutions buying fresh produce and processed food staples on contracts running through June 2027.

Geographic activity clusters in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. The Hancock County and State of Georgia solicitations point to regular school-district and state-agency procurement in Georgia; Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB indicates ongoing municipal-level food purchasing in Connecticut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued multiple food commodity bids including a five-area cafeteria food-products solicitation (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026) and a prunes procurement (Bid IW236532, due February 20, 2026), suggesting institutional food-service purchasing across the state. All school-district and board-of-education opportunities enforce the Buy American provision requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products. MBE/CBE certifications apply under Bridgeport city ordinance. Award is typically made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, with single or multiple vendor awards permitted. Vendors must provide HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, debarment verification, nutritional analyses, and commercial general liability insurance ($500,000 to $1 million depending on buyer). The code does not show dedicated demand for dried watermelon as a standalone line item in state and local school or institutional feeding contracts.