UNSPSC 50324636: Dried peacock melons

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

UNSPSC 50324636 Dried peacock melons (Commodity) encompasses fresh and specialty produce supplied to state and local institutions, particularly school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. State and local buyers soliciting under this code are primarily school districts and departments of education purchasing for cafeteria operations, alongside state agencies procuring food supplies for correctional and institutional use. The work involves supplying commodity fresh produce — including melons and related fruits and vegetables — to school nutrition centers and state institutional kitchens, with specifications typically including case sizes, delivery frequency, HACCP compliance, and Buy American domestic-content requirements mandating a minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026, seeking over 200 line items of fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year, including melons and specialty items, for delivery to three school sites with contract pricing firm through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases posted commodities solicitation BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, requesting 115 line items of produce and related food products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with similar Buy American and firm-pricing requirements through June 30, 2027. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas with approximately 382 line items spanning proteins, produce, and specialty items; that solicitation was extended to May 4, 2026. A prior TDCJ solicitation (IW236532) in April 2026 targeted dried prunes specifically for the Corpus Christi location with a February 20, 2026 deadline, indicating that dried or specialty produce items occasionally appear alongside fresh-produce solicitations under related commodity codes.