UNSPSC 50364636: Canned or jarred peacock melons

The variety of melons known as peacock melons that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50364636 Canned or jarred peacock melons, a Commodity code, shows little activity under its exact nominal scope in recent state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve peacock melons or similar specialty preserved fruits; instead, they represent a broad mix of food service procurement spanning canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, grocery staples, eggs, and comprehensive food-supply contracts for schools, prisons, state hospitals, and state-supported living centers. State and local governments soliciting food products use UNSPSC commodity codes expansively and sometimes loosely, tagging multi-category food buys to narrow codes that do not reflect the actual scope of work.

Issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Georgia state), county school districts (Hancock County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Liberty County, Douglas County in Georgia; Fairfax County in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI in Missouri; Austin and Dallas independent school districts in Texas), and city school nutrition programs (Bridgeport, Connecticut). School districts dominate the recent opportunities, with districts in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, and Connecticut appearing repeatedly. Recent activity spans Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Connecticut, and Illinois. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB SN002-2027 for fresh produce across 200+ line items (due June 26, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution serving approximately 25,500 students with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (due February 18, 2026). School nutrition contracts typically run for the academic year (July through June) or fiscal year, require firm fixed pricing, demand Buy American compliance or domestic-content thresholds, specify delivery to school sites or central warehouses, and reserve award discretion to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis.