UNSPSC 50344634: Frozen ogen melons

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

UNSPSC 50344634 Frozen ogen melons (Commodity) shows little recent activity aligned with its stated scope. The code nominally describes a specific frozen fruit product, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it span broad food service procurement across institutional and school nutrition programs—institutional food service for state hospitals and supported living centers, school meal programs, and correctional facilities. These opportunities solicit comprehensive grocery and frozen food lines, not frozen melon products specifically. The mismatch between code taxonomy and actual procurement suggests either miscoding in source systems or use of a catch-all commodity code to classify diverse frozen vegetable and fruit buys.

When frozen fruit procurement does appear in recent opportunities, it surfaces under different contexts: the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) issued an ITB in April 2026 (due April 23, 2026) for one full truckload of unsweetened, individually quick frozen berries at $0.89 per pound historical benchmark; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with line items spanning frozen specialty foods and frozen vegetables but not frozen melon specifically. School districts across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and California have issued RFPs and IFBs for comprehensive food service contracts that include frozen produce categories alongside fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and pantry staples. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas HHSC, Georgia, New Jersey), county school systems (Fulton, Douglas, Hancock, Early, Henry, Bulloch County Schools in Georgia; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Rockwood, Missouri), city school systems (Decatur, Georgia; Hillsborough County, Florida), county correctional facilities (Santa Clara, California), and specialized programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas; ODOC). Geographic spread concentrates in Georgia, Texas, California, and the Mid-Atlantic, with school nutrition procurement dominant. No recent opportunities explicitly solicit frozen ogen melons as a line item or primary commodity.