UNSPSC 50301599: Pear apple

Apple variety known as pear apple.

UNSPSC 50301599 Pear apple is a Commodity code representing fresh pear and apple supply to state and local institutional food service operations, including correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior centers, school districts, and child nutrition programs. State and local governments procure pears and apples primarily as components of broader food-service contracts — often bundled with other fresh produce, meats, dairy, and supplies — rather than as standalone commodity buys. Recent solicitations show the code capturing individual fresh-produce line items within larger institutional nutrition programs, particularly school lunch operations, correctional-facility food warehouses, child care meal programs, and senior center nutrition services.

Issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county school districts (Madison Metropolitan, DeSoto County, Hancock County, Bryan County, Early County, Dougherty County, Bartow County in Georgia; Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), municipal and county social service agencies (City of San Antonio Senior Services, Collier County Parks & Recreation), and child nutrition nonprofits (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP program). School districts dominate the recent activity, with the largest recent procurements in Wisconsin, Georgia, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 estimated annual value, bids due July 29, 2026), Bryan County Schools sealed-bid produce procurement for School Year 2026–2027 (including 1,024 cases of apples among 20+ produce line items, bids due May 27, 2026), and Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitations IW267376 and IW267420 for fresh fruit and vegetable delivery to correctional food warehouses (responses due October 19 and October 14, 2026, respectively, via the TDCJ Procurement Portal). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (school districts and state agencies), Texas (correctional system and municipal programs), Wisconsin (school nutrition), and Illinois (state mental health and corrections), with secondary activity across Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee. No incumbent vendors, dollar-value thresholds, or set-aside restrictions specific to the commodity code itself are supported by the recent opportunities; evaluation typically weights cost, vendor qualifications, compliance with food-safety and USDA standards, local-vendor preferences where applicable, and diverse-business status certifications.