UNSPSC 50305437: Red bartlett pears

The variety of pears known as red bartlett pears

UNSPSC 50305437 Red bartlett pears is a Commodity code that sees sporadic demand from state and local school districts and child care agencies purchasing fresh produce for meal programs, though recent activity under this specific code is minimal and no solicitations directly naming red bartlett pears have appeared in recent postings. Instead, state and local procurement offices tag fresh-produce solicitations under broader commodity codes that encompass multiple fruit and vegetable line items within a single RFP or IFB, where red bartlett pears would be one of dozens of produce SKUs alongside apples, bananas, citrus, berries, and vegetables. School districts dominate this procurement space—the Madison Metropolitan School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Bartow County School System, Bulloch County Schools, Henry County Schools, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System have all posted solicitations for fresh produce or comprehensive grocery items in the past four months—alongside child care and senior meal programs (City of Edinburg CACFP, Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of San Antonio senior nutrition, McAllen ISD). Issuing bodies span state education departments, county boards of education, and municipal school districts, with Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Connecticut showing the strongest recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB for fresh fruits and vegetable snacks (July 2026 due date, emphasizing produce sourced within 400 miles of Madison), Bartow County School System's RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables (June 2026 deadline, requiring sourcing within 400 miles), and the GEC Buying Cooperative's multi-district RFP for fresh produce and eggs across two Georgia geographic areas (March 2026 deadline, approximately $5.5 million in estimated annual spending across 30 districts). Nearly all solicitations employ IFB or RFP structures with firm fixed pricing, weekly delivery mandates, HACCP compliance, Buy American requirements, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $2 million.

Contract values for fresh-produce-inclusive buys range from $78,000 (Madison petite bananas) to $3.1 million (Meriden Public Schools), with school nutrition programs typically operating on annual cycles running July through June and frequently including renewal options extending up to five years. Evaluation criteria consistently weight cost at 30 to 50 percent, with the remainder divided among vendor qualifications, delivery reliability, product quality, and local or diverse-business preferences where applicable. State and local procurement offices increasingly impose geographic sourcing filters (400-mile radii, state-boundary restrictions, farm-of-origin traceability) and emphasize farm-to-school initiatives, particularly in Georgia and Texas, reflecting heightened interest in reducing food miles and supporting regional agriculture. The code itself appears underutilized as a stand-alone line item; red bartlett pears are procurement-relevant only when bundled into broader fresh-produce categories that span mixed-fruit procurement under higher-tier Family or Class codes where visibility and pursuit opportunity are substantially greater.