UNSPSC 50344613: Frozen dixie lee melons

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

UNSPSC 50344613 Frozen dixie lee melons (Commodity) represents a narrowly defined frozen fruit product category that state and local governments procure almost exclusively through consolidated school nutrition and institutional food service contracts bundled with broader grocery and produce buys rather than as a standalone line item. Recent activity shows this Commodity sits within much larger food procurement initiatives spanning hundreds of line items—fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, and supplies—where frozen melons appear as one option among many frozen and fresh produce choices. The mix of issuing bodies is dominated by school districts and their nutrition departments, alongside state hospital and state-supported living center systems. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Henry County, Savannah-Chatham, and others), and other state and municipal institutions are the active buyers. Work being solicited includes IFBs and RFPs for multi-year food service contracts with delivery requirements to central warehouses and individual school sites, firm fixed pricing structures, USDA compliance (including Buy American and whole-grain mandates for school lunch programs), HACCP certification, food recall procedures, and liability insurance in the $500,000 to $2,000,000 range. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 Groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), which covers 110+ line items with historical spend of $32,226.36 annually; the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (bids due June 26, 2026) spanning 200+ line items across multiple apple and produce varieties; and the Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services (proposals due February 18, 2026) estimating $9 million annual expenditure for approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast and Texas. Georgia leads with multiple school district buys (Savannah-Chatham, Henry County, Douglas County, Bulloch County, Hancock County, Decatur City Schools, Early County, and Fulton County) issued primarily between February and July 2026, followed by Texas with HHSC procurements at Big Spring State Hospital and El Paso State Supported Living Center. Additional activity appears in Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education, June 2026), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District, April 2026), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, April 2026), New Jersey (Department of Human Services frozen vegetables rebid, June 2026), Oregon (Department of Corrections frozen berries, April 2026), and California (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department dried fruits and nuts, February 2026). The code shows little standalone purchasing activity; frozen dixie lee melons appear only incidentally within broader produce and grocery line-item rosters where they compete with conventional frozen melon varieties. Vendors pursuing this code should expect to bid large, multi-line portfolios with substantial logistics, cold-chain, and compliance infrastructure rather than single-product sales. Set-asides, preferences, and cooperative-purchasing vehicles (Texas cooperative purchasing, GEC Buying Cooperative, Douglas County multi-district buys) are common structural features across these opportunities.