UNSPSC 50305407: Beurre pears

The variety of pears known as beurre pears

UNSPSC 50305407 Beurre pears is a Commodity code representing fresh pear varieties procured by state and local governments primarily for school nutrition and child care meal programs. State and local solicitations under this code reflect institutional demand for fresh produce as a staple ingredient in federally funded breakfast, lunch, and snack service operations; pears appear as line items within broader fresh-produce procurement categories rather than as standalone specifications, typically bundled with apples, bananas, berries, and other fruit in multi-item produce contracts serving K-12 districts, Head Start agencies, and senior nutrition programs.

Recent activity under this code is concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California, with school districts accounting for the predominant share of issuing bodies. School nutrition programs across multiple Georgia counties—including Glynn, Bryan, Dougherty, Hancock, Liberty, Muscogee, Bartow, Bulloch, and Henry counties, plus Savannah-Chatham—have posted sealed bids and RFPs for annual fresh-produce contracts in the past four months, typically with response dates between late March and late June 2026. Texas school districts including McAllen ISD and Austin ISD, along with Connecticut's Meriden Public Schools and Oregon's Central Point School District, have issued RFPs for fresh-produce supply in the same window. Non-school buyers include Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB for CACFP grocery products with primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers), the City of Edinburg Parks and Recreation (CACFP meal program RFP), DeSoto County School District in Mississippi, and the City of San Antonio Senior Services (RFP for produce-market operations at senior centers). Cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative aggregating 30 Georgia school districts have also issued competitive produce RFPs. The preponderance of school district activity reflects alignment with USDA National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program procurement cycles, which reset annually with contracts typically commencing July 1 and running through June 30 of the following year. Recent opportunities typically weight cost between 30 and 50 percent of evaluation, with product quality, delivery reliability, and vendor qualifications comprising the remainder; Buy American provisions requiring domestic sourcing or minimum domestic content (commonly 51 percent for processed items) are standard federal compliance requirements across solicitations. Local and regional sourcing preferences appear in some jurisdictions—Bartow County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, and McAllen ISD explicitly prioritize produce from within 200–400 miles and 50 miles respectively—while cooperative contracts such as GEC's use cost-plus-fixed-fee models pegged to USDA terminal wholesale market pricing to manage commodity price volatility across multiple districts.