UNSPSC 50364610: Canned or jarred 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 canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50364610 Canned or jarred charleston gray watermelon, a Commodity code, covers preserved watermelon products that state and local governments procure as part of broader food service supply chains for institutional feeding — schools, correctional facilities, state hospitals, senior services centers, and other congregate-care settings. Recent solicitations under this code show watermelon appearing as one line item among dozens in larger food commodity procurements, typically bundled with canned fruits, vegetables, proteins, and shelf-stable staples rather than solicited in isolation. State agencies, county school systems, municipal education boards, state departments of corrections, and state health and human services commissions are the primary issuing bodies, with school districts and corrections departments representing the bulk of institutional food procurement activity. The work involves supplying canned or jarred watermelon in specified case quantities and unit measures, delivered FOB destination to central distribution points or individual facility locations, with pricing evaluated per unit and awards made to the lowest responsive bidder or on best-value grounds depending on the issuing body's procurement method.

Geographic activity spans multiple states including Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Connecticut, with no single jurisdiction dominating the recent opportunity set. Representative recent procurements include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-specific and brand-or-equal tracks, proposals due August 24, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for canned applesauce (representing similar preserved-fruit commodity procurement patterns); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with a maximum potential value of $4,500,000 over three years; and the City of Bridgeport's bid for 115 line items of food commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center, due June 26, 2026. These procurements emphasize firm fixed pricing, compliance with USDA or equivalent commodity specifications, Buy American provisions in school nutrition contexts, and delivery within specified timeframes to institutional feeding sites.