UNSPSC 50305412: Conference pears

The variety of pears known as conference pears

UNSPSC 50305412 Conference pears is a Commodity code that names a single fresh fruit product line. State and local governments procure conference pears primarily through institutional food service contracts—school nutrition programs, child care facilities, senior services, and detention facilities—as components of broader fresh produce or grocery item solicitations rather than as standalone pear-specific procurements. Recent activity shows pears appearing in multi-item fresh produce bids alongside apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, and other staples, typically specified by case count and ripeness stage when quantity and quality matter. The issuing bodies span school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, DeSoto County School District, Bryan County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Early County Schools, Liberty County Schools, Muscogee County Schools, Bartow County Schools, Dougherty County Schools, Henry County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, McAllen Independent School District), cooperative purchasing consortiums (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia districts), child care and Head Start programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP), school nutrition departments across states, and correctional facilities (Santa Clara County detention). Geographic concentration spans Georgia school districts (at least 15 solicitations from 2026), Texas school districts and municipal food services, Florida and Connecticut school nutrition programs, Oregon districts, Mississippi, and California corrections. A local-vendor preference appears in Texas procurements (City of Edinburg CACFP requires 5% local-bid preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051; McAllen ISD gives geographic preference to produce grown within 50 miles or elsewhere in the United States). Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic agricultural content appear across most school district and child nutrition procurements.

Recent representative opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education (Sparta, Georgia) IFB for fresh produce 2026-27 with over 200 line items specifying multiple apple varieties and specialty items including pears with sealed bids due June 26, 2026; Bulloch County Schools (Statesboro, Georgia) Invitation for Proposal for local produce grown within 200 miles, including pears, for Farm to School program with proposals due May 4, 2026; GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs (approximately 72 line items across two geographic areas) with proposals due March 4, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. EST; and McAllen Independent School District (Texas) RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce across 31 campuses with proposals due March 6, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. CST (extended by addendum). Pears do not appear as a standalone procurement category; activity is confined to multi-item institutional produce contracts where unit pricing, case quantities, and delivery logistics dominate bid evaluation. Code shows moderate recent activity concentrated in school nutrition solicitations with Q2 and Q3 2026 bid cycles.