UNSPSC 50324649: Dried sharlyn melons

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

UNSPSC 50324649 Dried sharlyn melons is a Commodity code representing fresh and dried produce items procured by school districts and state agencies for nutrition programs. The recent solicitations under this code show that state and local governments are buying fresh produce—including melons, apples, berries, vegetables, and citrus—for school lunch programs, state institutional feeding, and correctional facility cafeterias. The scope spans both fresh and processed agricultural commodities with strict compliance requirements including Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed items), HACCP food safety plans, USDA grade certifications, and nutritional documentation. School districts and state departments issue the majority of the recent opportunities; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the State of Georgia also appear as significant repeat buyers in the institutional feeding space.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and includes Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issuing an IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with a June 26, 2026 response deadline, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut soliciting commodities including produce for the Board of Education Nutrition Center (due June 26, 2026), the State of Georgia posting a food supplies RFQ with a June 22, 2026 deadline, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issuing multiple food commodity IFBs including cafeteria products (May 4, 2026 deadline) and dried prunes (February 20, 2026 deadline). School district nutrition programs and institutional feeding operations in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas represent the primary buying pattern. Bid prices are typically firm fixed for the contract period with delivery to multiple designated sites, and awards are often made to single or multiple vendors based on lowest responsive bid or best value considerations.