UNSPSC 50305414: D'anjou pears

The variety of pears known as d'anjou pears

UNSPSC 50305414 D'anjou pears is a Commodity code that represents a single fresh-fruit product line, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code reveal procurement activity spanning the full spectrum of fresh produce — not d'anjou pears specifically. State and local buyers across corrections departments, school nutrition programs, mental health facilities, senior services, and food programs are sourcing fresh fruits and vegetables through formal solicitations (RFP, RFQ, IFB, ITN) that name the code without specifying individual varietals. The work being solicited includes weekly or bi-weekly produce delivery to institutional food-service operations, with scopes spanning dozens of line items (apples, bananas, leafy greens, root vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, citrus, berries, and specialty items) rather than single-fruit contracts. Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Georgia Department of Education), school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, DeSoto County, Bartow County, Early County boards of education), county and municipal entities (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, City of San Antonio, City of Bridgeport, City of Edinburg), and specialized procurement organizations (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition). Multiple solicitations from the same buyer within a single month (TDCJ posting three separate RFQs for fresh fruit and vegetables in late September and early October 2026) signal recurring institutional demand.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (TDCJ, Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg), Georgia (multiple school districts, state procurement), Illinois (Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health), and scattered activity in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Mississippi (DeSoto County), Connecticut (Bridgeport), and Florida (Collier County). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's procurement for fresh fruit and vegetables to supply the Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (IFQ IW267420 and IW267411, due October 14, 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections' fresh-produce bid for Joliet Treatment Center with small-business set-aside and prevailing-wage requirements (IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for petite bananas with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026), and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce bid spanning over 200 line items with domestic content requirements under Buy American (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026). School-nutrition contracts typically run one school year (July through June) with renewal options; correctional and mental-health facilities contract on annual or multi-year cycles. Institutional buyers consistently require HACCP plans, insurance minimums ($500,000 to $1,000,000 general liability), compliance with federal Buy American provisions (51% domestic agricultural content), and delivery schedules with tight temperature-control and quality-fill-rate standards (97–98% minimums are standard). Pre-bid conferences and site visits are common in school and county procurement; some buyers apply local-vendor preferences (5–10 evaluation points) or diverse-business-enterprise weighting. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (d'anjou pears as a single commodity) and the actual procurement activity (multi-line-item produce supply to institutions) suggests the code is being used as a catch-all taxonomy marker for institutional fresh-produce procurement rather than as a specific varietal identifier.