UNSPSC 50305413: Crimson red pears

The variety of pears known as crimson red pears

UNSPSC 50305413 Crimson red pears (Commodity) represents a narrow, single-product food item within institutional food service procurement for state and local agencies, though the code shows minimal direct relevance to the recent state and local contract opportunities in the source block. The available opportunities span school districts, cities, counties, and child care organizations procuring comprehensive produce assortments for child nutrition programs, senior services, and correctional facilities; while fresh fruit appears across many of these solicitations, none explicitly names crimson red pears as a line item or priority. The mix of issuing bodies is diverse—county school boards and school districts dominate the recent activity, with representation from city nutrition programs (City of Bridgeport, City of San Antonio), a county correctional facility (Santa Clara County Sheriff), child care networks (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP), and independent school districts across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California. School districts in Georgia show the heaviest concentration, with sealed bid and RFP activity from Bryan County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County, often seeking fresh produce under annual contracts with price-firm terms and optional renewal periods spanning up to five years.

Recent representative opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's bid for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026) at an estimated annual value of $78,000, and the GEC Buying Cooperative's RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 Georgia school districts across two areas (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million combined. The City of Edinburg, Texas, Child and Adult Care Food Program procurement (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) solicits five supply categories including fresh fruits as one component of a broader meal service to 400 children daily. Geographic activity clusters in Georgia (Bryan County, Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Henry County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County school systems), Texas (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, City of Edinburg), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), with secondary activity in Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Procurement structures typically employ sealed-bid and RFP methods with annual terms, fixed or cost-plus-fee pricing, weekly delivery requirements, and Buy American compliance mandates; however, the code's nominal scope—a single pear variety—does not align with the broad produce procurement patterns visible in recent opportunities, which solicit dozens of fruit and vegetable line items and allow vendors to propose multiple competing suppliers per category. A firm pursuing this commodity code should recognize that opportunities are typically bundled with other produce, not marketed as single-item contracts.