UNSPSC 50324639: Dried picnic melons

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

UNSPSC 50324639 Dried picnic melons, a Commodity code, does not reflect meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—dried melon products—appears misaligned with the actual opportunities tagged under it in the state and local market. Recent solicitations under this code span school nutrition programs, correctional facility food services, and child nutrition procurement across multiple states, but they predominantly seek fresh produce, general grocery items, main-line food distribution, fresh eggs, and dried fruits such as raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit blends, rather than dried melons as a discrete product category. One representative opportunity—the County of Santa Clara's ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for Dried Fruits and Nuts (due February 5, 2026)—requests dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix for the Sheriff's Department Correction Food Services, with no melon component specified. The code does not isolate procurement focused on dried melons themselves.

Issuing bodies active in the broader food-supply category under which this code sits include school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), municipal departments (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), state agencies (State of Georgia, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts procuring for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and special-purpose districts (Santa Clara County). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Missouri, California, and Virginia. The procurement mix reflects demand across school nutrition programs, correctional food services, and general municipal nutrition support, with most contracts running July 1 through June 30 on annual fixed-price or cost-plus terms. Because dried melons do not appear as a line item or category in the recent opportunities presented, this code shows minimal decision relevance for vendors focused on that specific commodity; pursue only if your firm supplies broader dried-fruit or dried-produce portfolios to school nutrition or correctional food-service channels.