UNSPSC 50324656: Dried sunsweet melons

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

UNSPSC 50324656 Dried sunsweet melons, a Commodity code, covers dried melon products that state and local governments purchase primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. Recent solicitations show school districts and state criminal justice agencies buying dried melons as components of broader fresh and processed produce contracts, typically bundled with fresh fruits and vegetables for cafeteria operations. The code reflects actual procurement activity in school meal programs where dried melons appear alongside fresh apples, berries, citrus, and other produce items in multi-line-item food supply contracts that run annual cycles aligned with academic and fiscal years.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) soliciting fresh and processed produce contracts under IFB notices in June 2026; the State of Georgia and Texas Department of Criminal Justice also appear in the recent activity block, though the Georgia solicitation details are contained in an attachment and the TDCJ procurements emphasize proteins and staple items over dried fruits. Geographic concentration is evident in Georgia and Texas, with Connecticut also active. Representative opportunities include Hancock County Schools' June 2026 IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with a June 26, 2026 response date, and the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for 115 commodity line items delivered to a single nutrition center, both requiring Buy American compliance with 51 percent domestic content for processed products. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products across multiple warehouses shows how dried fruits and melons fit into larger institutional food service contracts, though dried melons are not explicitly itemized in the available solicitation summaries.