UNSPSC 50354605: Frozen organic carnical melons

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

UNSPSC 50354605 Frozen organic carnitval melons is a Commodity code that nominally names a single produce item, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little alignment with that specific scope. The source contains nine recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code, of which only one—Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB—explicitly lists melons among 200+ produce line items; the remainder address broad grocery procurement, frozen foods, fresh produce assortments, eggs, and food service distribution that span hundreds of line items across proteins, grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and prepared items. School districts and county boards of education dominate the issuing body mix, with the exception of the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (on behalf of the Bridgeport Board of Education), the State of Georgia, and the City Schools of Decatur. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity name and the scope of actual solicitations suggests tagging inconsistency rather than focused procurement around frozen organic melon supply.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary activity in Connecticut and multi-jurisdiction cooperative purchasing vehicles. The Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026) explicitly solicited fresh produce including multiple melon varieties, while the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) sought fresh produce and eggs for 30 districts across two geographic areas with an estimated annual spend of $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two. The City of Bridgeport's IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026) covered over 1,100 grocery line items including frozen products and produce for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services. The Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation (due April 29, 2026) encompassed over 900 line items across multiple categories. These solicitations typically require firm pricing for the full contract period, Buy American compliance at 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP plan certification, liability insurance minimums between $500,000 and $2 million, and compliance with USDA nutrition standards and school meal regulations.