UNSPSC 50334613: Dried organic dixie lee melons

The variety of organic melons known as organic dixie lee melons that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50334613 Dried organic dixie lee melons (Commodity) does not reflect the recent state and local procurement activity supporting this code. The recent opportunities solicited under this designation are overwhelmingly fresh produce, frozen entrees, proteins, and staple grocery items for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities—not dried organic melons specifically. The code's abstract name diverges sharply from what state and local buyers are actually purchasing. School districts, correctional departments, and county education systems are soliciting comprehensive fresh and frozen food product lines spanning produce categories, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared foods in weekly or demand-driven volumes, with Buy American compliance and USDA nutritional standards as standard requirements. The single opportunity that most closely approaches the code's nominal scope—Santa Clara County's dried fruits and nuts procurement for the Elmwood Correctional Facility—includes raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans, but does not mention dried melons. This category sees limited recent activity aligned directly to dried organic melons as a discrete line item.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), alongside state procurement divisions (Georgia, Texas), municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), county correctional systems (Santa Clara County, California; Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 (IFB, due June 26, 2026), spanning over 200 line items of fresh produce with delivery to three school sites through June 30, 2027; Santa Clara County's Dried Fruits and Nuts solicitation (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) for correctional-facility food services; and Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP (due February 18, 2026) requiring approximately 32,000 daily meals across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of $9 million. Recent activity clusters in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, California, Connecticut, and Missouri, with school-nutrition-driven procurement dominating the volume and frequency of opportunities.