UNSPSC 50324617: Dried galia melons

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

UNSPSC 50324617 Dried galia melons, a Commodity code, describes specialty dried fruit products that state and local procurement agencies purchase for school nutrition programs, correctional facility food service operations, and government cafeterias. Recent solicitations show that dried melons appear in broad fresh-produce and commodity food-service RFPs alongside dozens of other fruit, vegetable, and protein line items rather than as standalone procurements; school districts and state corrections agencies are the primary buyers. Issuing bodies include school nutrition centers operated by municipal boards of education and state departments of corrections that supply multiple facility locations. The scope typically involves sealed IFBs specifying case sizes, unit counts, USDA grade standards, shelf-life requirements, delivery schedules to multiple sites, and firm fixed pricing including freight and packing.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including melons among apples, berries, root vegetables, citrus, and specialty fruits, with delivery to three school sites and a contract period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued an IFB on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for 115 commodity line items including fruit and vegetable products to supply the Board of Education Nutrition Center, with contract term through June 30, 2027. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Comptroller of Public Accounts posted IFB 304T-26-300CF on May 4, 2026, due May 4, 2026 (extended via addendum from April 21), for approximately 382 cafeteria food product line items across five geographic distribution areas in Texas, with a contract term through August 31, 2027 and two optional one-year renewals. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products are standard across school nutrition solicitations.