UNSPSC 50305435: Passe crasanne pears

The variety of pears known as passe crasanne pears

UNSPSC 50305435 Passe crasanne pears is a Commodity code that in practice captures a narrow slice of state and local procurement activity—specifically, fresh produce supply and delivery to institutional foodservice operations including correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, senior centers, and child care programs. The code's nominal scope (a single pear variety) does not align with the recent solicitation activity, which spans broad fresh-produce categories and mixed-item grocery procurement. State and local buyers under this code are primarily school nutrition programs, state departments of corrections and mental health, county boards of education, and municipal senior services divisions. Recent opportunities name Texas Department of Criminal Justice (multiple fresh fruit and vegetable warehouse supply contracts), Illinois Department of Corrections (bi-weekly produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center), Illinois Department of Mental Health (weekly produce supply to Madden Mental Health Center), Madison Metropolitan School District (petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks), and Collier County Board of County Commissioners (food-service concessions at North Collier Regional Park), among others. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with DeSoto County School District (Mississippi), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), and Bryan County School Nutrition Program (Georgia) all posting sealed-bid procurement notices in recent months.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas, with Georgia school districts accounting for the highest density of recent postings (Hancock County, Dougherty County, Early County, Bryan County, and Bartow County all posted in May–June 2026), followed by Texas (TDCJ and municipal solicitations in Edinburg and San Antonio) and Illinois (state corrections and mental health). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable procurement for its Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (Solicitation IW267420 and IW267411, both due October 14, 2026, via the TDCJ Procurement Portal); the Illinois Department of Corrections' fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (Solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, with a small-business set-aside); and Madison Metropolitan School District's bids for petite bananas (RFB 4162, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within Wisconsin and 400 miles of Madison (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, contingent on federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant approval). Most school district solicitations carry Buy American requirements (51% domestic agricultural content), HACCP compliance mandates, and insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2 million. Cooperative purchasing eligibility, local-vendor preferences (5–10 evaluation points in several jurisdictions), and small-business set-asides appear frequently. Contract terms typically run one fiscal year with optional one- to four-year renewals.