UNSPSC 50324654: Dried sugar baby melons

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

UNSPSC 50324654 Dried sugar baby melons, a Commodity code, encompasses specialty dried fruit products sourced for school nutrition programs and correctional facility food services. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing dried fruits and nuts as components of larger fresh produce, grocery, or commissary procurement bundles rather than as standalone line items; the code itself appears underutilized relative to the broader dried-fruit category activity visible in comparable solicitations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Douglas County School System in Georgia, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri all actively procuring nutrition items in the May–June 2026 window. Correctional facilities represent a secondary but material buyer segment, exemplified by the County of Santa Clara Department of Correction and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The geographic spread concentrates heavily in Georgia and the broader Southeast, with secondary activity in Missouri, Texas, California, Connecticut, and Virginia. Dried sugar baby melons do not appear as a named line item in any of the recent opportunities indexed under this code; instead, the indexing captures general dried-fruit procurement (raisins, cranberries, tropical-fruit mixes, nuts) and fresh melon supply contracts.

School district nutrition contracts dominate the solicitation pipeline. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with a June 26, 2026 response deadline for over 200 fresh produce line items, including melons, with delivery to three school sites from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative on February 4, 2026, spanning 30 districts across two areas with approximately $5.5 million in estimated annual spending for fresh produce and eggs, with March 4, 2026 proposals due. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) released IFB 2000004323 on April 6, 2026 with an April 27, 2026 deadline for a Master Grocery K-12 term contract covering 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens, requiring minimum three-year vendor experience and 76-item minimum bid thresholds, with firm fixed pricing for 365 days post-award. The County of Santa Clara (California) solicited dried fruits and nuts via ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, with a February 5, 2026 deadline, requiring five-year fixed pricing followed by optional annual increases capped at a bidder-specified percentage, and including a five-percent local business preference. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products appear consistently across school district solicitations; all buyers impose firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges and require delivery to multiple school sites or facilities on Monday–Friday schedules between early morning and early afternoon windows.