UNSPSC 50344610: Frozen charleston gray watermelon

A widely grown african vine (citrullus lanatus syn. C. Vulgaris) of the gourd family that bears a large oblong or roundish fruit with a hard green or white rind often striped or variegated, a sweet watery pink, yellowish, or red pulp, and usually many see that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50344610 Frozen charleston gray watermelon, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity supporting it in the source. The solicitation records show minimal engagement with frozen watermelons specifically; instead, the opportunities tagged under this code reflect broad school nutrition, institutional foodservice, and correctional facility procurement spanning hundreds of line items across produce categories, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods. The mismatch between the code's narrow product focus and the actual scope of work being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding of opportunities or that frozen watermelons represent a small subset within larger, generalized grocery or produce contracts.

State and local issuers in the recent record—including school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Early County Board of Education in Georgia, Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia, Henry County Schools in Georgia, Fulton County Schools in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county governments (Douglas County School System in Georgia, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department), and specialized agencies (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida)—are procuring food products predominantly through IFB and RFP notices with response dates spanning January through July 2026. Geographic activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Florida, California, Missouri, and Oregon. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries supporting Big Spring State Hospital (response due July 27, 2026, with 110 line items across proteins, prepared foods, dairy, and beverages on an approximately $32,000 annual baseline); the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program (response due June 30, 2026, requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content); and the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce across 200 line items including apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, and specialty items (response due June 26, 2026, with firm pricing through June 30, 2027). The code shows no meaningful recent activity explicitly for frozen watermelons as a standalone procurement commodity.