UNSPSC 50202602: Pear juice

UNSPSC 50202602 Pear juice is a Commodity code that sees limited direct recent activity under state and local procurement, though the code sits within a broader pattern of beverage procurement across school nutrition, institutional food service, and state agency feeding operations. The recent opportunities in the dataset show heavy activity in milk, dairy products, juices of multiple types, and Smart Snack–compliant beverages supplied to school districts, state health and human services facilities, and county/city nutrition programs, but pear juice specifically appears only in the broader commodity scope of these larger food and beverage contracts. Where juice is solicited as a line item or category, vendors typically bid on multiple juice varieties (orange, apple, cranberry, grape, mixed fruit, and shelf-stable options) within contracts spanning dozens or hundreds of products; pear juice, when included, competes within that larger juice category rather than as a standalone procurement. The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments (Texas HHSC, Texas Comptroller, Georgia Department of Education), county school districts (Hancock County, Burke County, Ben Hill County, Gwinnett County, Pinellas County), city school boards (Bridgeport, Edinburg), and state-supported living centers, with school nutrition programs accounting for the largest share of recent solicitations.

The geographic concentration of recent activity spans Texas (multiple HHSC solicitations for dairy and juice to state-supported living centers), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County, Burke County, Ben Hill County, and Georgia Department of Education), Florida (Pinellas County Schools), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), and Illinois (Department of Mental Health), with Texas and Georgia showing the most frequent recent postings. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017418 for dairy products and juices statewide (due July 15, 2026), covering refrigerated and shelf-stable juices across 20 delivery locations with $1.6 million in annual historical spend; the Georgia Department of Education's RFP for Smart Snack approved beverages including juices to schools throughout Georgia (due November 2, 2026); and Pinellas County Schools' sealed bid for milk, dairy, and juice products to 117 district facilities (due June 11, 2026), valued at approximately $22.5 million over the initial two-year contract period. These contracts typically require daily or scheduled delivery, compliance with federal nutrition standards (CACFP, Smart Snacks, Buy American), firm fixed pricing with quarterly or annual adjustments tied to CPI or USDA benchmarks, and acceptance testing before award.