UNSPSC 50305430: Mountain bartlett pears

The variety of pears known as mountain bartlett pears

UNSPSC 50305430 Mountain bartlett pears, a Commodity code, describes fresh pear procurement for state and local institutional food service operations—child care programs, school nutrition departments, senior services, and correctional facilities. The recent opportunities show minimal direct pear purchasing; instead, school districts and other institutional buyers issue broad fresh produce RFPs and IFBs that span dozens of fruit and vegetable line items, with pears appearing as one specification among many rather than as a standalone contract driver. When pears do surface in the sourcing documents, they are typically part of mixed-produce awards to vendors capable of supplying apples, bananas, berries, citrus, stone fruits, and other staples on weekly delivery schedules compliant with USDA nutritional standards and Buy American provisions.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing this code tier include school districts (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Liberty County, Glynn County, and others across Georgia; Madison Metropolitan and McAllen Independent in Texas; Austin, Meriden, Hillsborough County, and Central Point in other states), Head Start and child care food programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP), and correctional facilities (County of Santa Clara). The geographic activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Bulloch County School District RFP for local fresh produce (bid due May 4, 2026) specifying pears among 24 line items sourced within 200 miles; the GEC Buying Cooperative RFP covering 30 Georgia school districts (due March 4, 2026) listing pears within approximately 72 produce line items; Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed bid for fresh produce (due June 16, 2026) across 40 items; and Central Point School District #6 in Oregon's RFP for produce distribution across nine school sites (due March 16, 2026). None of the recent opportunities isolates mountain bartlett pears as a sole-source or high-priority commodity; instead, pears compete within broad institutional produce baskets where pricing, fill rates, food safety certifications (HACCP, GAP), and delivery logistics dominate evaluation. Vendors pursuing this code should position pears as part of comprehensive produce portfolios rather than specialized sourcing, and should monitor school district nutrition and farm-to-school RFPs in the Southeast and Southwest where activity is densest.