UNSPSC 50344649: Frozen sharlyn melons

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

UNSPSC 50344649 Frozen sharlyn melons (Commodity) captures food items procured through state and local institutional food service channels, though the recent opportunities block shows minimal direct activity under this specific code. Instead, state and local buyers are sourcing frozen and fresh produce as part of comprehensive food service contracts spanning frozen vegetables, fresh fruit, and grocery staples for schools, corrections facilities, state hospitals, and child nutrition programs. The issuing bodies span school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Douglas County School System, Fulton County Schools, Early County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Rockwood R-VI School District, Henry County Schools, City Schools of Decatur), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, State of Georgia), counties (Santa Clara County), municipalities (City of Bridgeport), and specialized nutrition programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Hillsborough County Public Schools). No single buyer dominates the activity; instead, school district procurement is the most frequent use case, with state hospital and correctional facility food service as secondary segments.

Geographically, recent solicitations cluster in Texas (multiple HHSC procurements for state hospitals and supported living centers), Georgia (five school district procurements plus state-level activity), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Connecticut (Bridgeport), Georgia (Hancock, Early, Bulloch, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas, Fulton, Henry, Decatur), New Jersey, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries including frozen and fresh produce for Big Spring State Hospital (response due July 27, 2026), the City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items including frozen products for the Board of Education (due June 30, 2026), Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP seeking primary, secondary, and tertiary frozen food suppliers at an estimated value of $969,460.94 (response due June 24, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items with response due June 26, 2026. The code's low specificity to melons alone reflects the reality that state and local procurement offices tag comprehensive produce and food service contracts with broad commodity codes rather than narrowly specialized items, making direct melon-specific opportunities difficult to isolate from the current market.