UNSPSC 50305423: Jargonelle pears

The variety of pears known as jargonelle pears

UNSPSC 50305423 Jargonelle pears is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce — including pears, bananas, and other fruits and vegetables — primarily through institutional food service contracts for correctional facilities, mental health centers, school nutrition programs, child care food programs, and senior services. Recent solicitations show a mix of narrow single-item purchases (petite bananas for a school district, jargonelle pears specified in grocery aggregates) and broad produce categories within comprehensive food supply contracts. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, county and city school districts, regional health coalitions, municipalities operating senior centers, and Head Start agencies. Procurement is highly fragmented across dozens of jurisdictions but concentrated in three activity clusters: correctional and institutional food service (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, state mental health facilities), K-12 and child nutrition programs (school districts in Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, Texas), and senior and community services (municipal parks departments, senior center operations). School district food service dominates the recent activity, with multiple bids issued simultaneously across different states for fresh fruit and vegetable supply during the same academic planning window.

Recent opportunities span Texas (Texas Department of Criminal Justice soliciting fresh fruit and vegetable deliveries to Palestine and Snyder food warehouses, RFP for CACFP meal program by City of Edinburg), Illinois (Department of Corrections at Joliet Treatment Center, Department of Mental Health at Madden Mental Health Center), Georgia (multiple school districts including Hancock County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, and Early County Board of Education bidding fresh produce for school year 2026-2027), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District bidding petite bananas at $78,000 annual value and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program with geographic preference for sourcing within 400 miles and Wisconsin diversity programs), Mississippi (DeSoto County School District bidding fresh produce across 41 school sites on cost-plus-fee basis), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education bidding over 1,100 line-item grocery items with Buy American requirements), and Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners procuring food services including produce at North Collier Regional Park under ITN with local-vendor preference). Response dates have passed for most recent solicitations (July–October 2026 deadlines, now October 2026). The code shows active but largely historical procurement activity across school nutrition, corrections, and institutional food service; no forward-looking opportunities with future response dates appear in the source material.