UNSPSC 50374647: Canned or jarred organic royal sweet melons

The variety of organic melons known as organic royal sweet melons that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50374647 Canned or jarred organic royal sweet melons is a Commodity code that captures shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products state and local governments purchase for institutional food service, ranging from public schools and senior services to state corrections facilities and state-operated health-care centers. Recent solicitations show this code tag applied to broad food-commodity procurements where organic or premium canned fruit items may appear as line items within larger shelf-stable food buys, though the most specific recent activity centers on canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, and fresh produce for school nutrition programs. Issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office), county boards of education and school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), county government departments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), and municipal education bodies (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education Nutrition Center). The category sees activity from institutions managing volume food service operations across multiple facility types—prisons, veterans homes, senior centers, state hospitals, and school kitchens.

Geographic activity is dispersed across the South and West, with recent opportunities in Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County, State of Georgia general procurement), Illinois (State of Illinois for the Veterans Home at Quincy), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections), Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller for Department of Criminal Justice, Austin ISD), Connecticut (Bridgeport), and multi-state service regions. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for canned fruit applesauce (approximately 4,760 cases across five truckloads, due July 31, 2026, with a historical award price of $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (scope includes NIGP Classes 380, 385, 390, 393, historical value approximately $1.5 million annually, due July 13, 2026); the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables, due October 19, 2026; and the Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps for food service, due July 16, 2026. Most solicitations emphasize firm fixed pricing, FOB Destination delivery, brand-or-equal substitution where permitted, and compliance with USDA commodity or grade specifications and Buy American provisions under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.