UNSPSC 50324612: Dried crimson sweet melons

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

UNSPSC 50324612 Dried crimson sweet melons (Commodity) encompasses dried or processed melon products sourced by school nutrition programs, state correctional facilities, and municipal food service operations — though recent state and local solicitations show limited direct activity specific to this narrow commodity and instead reflect broader fresh produce and food product procurement across multiple jurisdictions. School districts and state agencies are the primary issuing bodies soliciting under related food commodity codes, with fresh produce and processed food items supplied to cafeteria and nutrition centers. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut) both posted IFBs in June 2026 for fresh produce and food commodities respectively, each with response dates of June 26, 2026, specifying Buy American provisions and firm pricing through their respective contract periods. The State of Georgia and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice also issued solicitations in May and June 2026 for food supplies and cafeteria products, respectively, with delivery to multiple institutional locations. These opportunities reflect the core market: school lunch programs, state correctional dining operations, and municipal nutrition centers that rely on term contracts with firm pricing and delivery to centralized distribution points.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South, with recent opportunities posted by Georgia (Hancock County Schools and State of Georgia), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Texas (TDCJ). The Hancock County Schools IFB specified over 200 line items of fresh produce with delivery to three school sites and a contract period running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB covered 115 commodity line items (eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products) with delivery to the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center and pricing firm fixed through June 30, 2027. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products with delivery to six TDCJ warehouse locations and an initial contract term through August 31, 2027. All three opportunities require USDA compliance, firm pricing, and multi-location or multi-warehouse distribution, though none explicitly named dried crimson sweet melons as a line item in available summaries.