UNSPSC 50524655: Non GMO sugar baby watermelon

The variety of non GMO melons known as non GMO sugar baby watermelon. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50524655 Non GMO sugar baby watermelon is a Commodity code that nominally denotes a single produce line item, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal relevant recent solicitation volume. The recent opportunities tagged to this code primarily solicit fresh produce broadly—fruits, vegetables, and eggs across 60 to 200+ line items per district—rather than watermelons specifically. Madison Metropolitan School District's two separate RFBs (posted July 8, 2026, with responses due July 29, 2026) solicit petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and neither names watermelon as a line item. School districts across Georgia, Texas, and Florida—Hancock County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, McAllen Independent School District, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System—issued RFBs, RFPs, and IFBs for annual produce contracts between February and June 2026, all spanning comprehensive multi-category buys rather than single-commodity awards. The Douglas County School System's RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative covers approximately 72 produce line items with estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two across 30 cooperating districts.

Issuing bodies pursuing produce contracts are predominantly school districts and school nutrition programs, with occasional state-level procurement. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County) and Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), with secondary activity in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan) and Florida (Hillsborough County). Representative recent solicitations include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with a due date of June 26, 2026, spanning over 200 line items and requiring delivery to three school locations; Liberty County Board of Education's parallel IFBs (SN26-004 and SN26-049) due April 29, 2026, for food products and produce respectively across 13 sites; and Austin ISD's RFP 26RFP034 due March 11, 2026, for fresh produce and a la carte beverages across all district food service locations. The code shows little activity tied specifically to watermelon procurement and may not reflect current buying patterns in school nutrition programs, which treat fresh produce as undifferentiated commodity categories rather than single-item line items.