UNSPSC 50305438: Red d'anjou pears

The variety of pears known as red d'anjou pears

UNSPSC 50305438 Red d'anjou pears, a Commodity code, represents fresh fruit procurement by state and local governments serving child nutrition, senior services, and institutional food programs. Recent solicitations show school districts, county education boards, child care providers, and municipal agencies soliciting pears as line items within broader fresh produce contracts for school meals, afterschool snacks, and congregate senior services. The work involves sourcing, quality-control specification, temperature-controlled delivery, and compliance with USDA nutrition standards and Buy American provisions where applicable. Pears appear as one produce item among dozens in multi-week or annual supply agreements, typically priced per pound or per case, with delivery to central warehouses or individual school sites on fixed weekly schedules.

School districts across Georgia and Texas dominate recent activity under codes spanning fresh produce procurement, with secondary activity from independent school districts in Florida, Connecticut, and Oregon, plus county child care and senior services in Texas and California. Representative recent opportunities include McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029, fresh produce including pears for 31 campuses, March 6, 2026 deadline), Meriden Public Schools Connecticut (RFP 026-41, commercial groceries and produce for 13 school sites, February 25, 2026 deadline, approximately $3.1 million annual value), Hillsborough County Public Schools Tampa (RFP 26039RFPDST, fresh fruit and vegetable program delivery to 18 elementary schools, March 11, 2026 deadline, approximately $600,000 annual budget), and the City of Edinburg Texas CACFP meal program (RFP 2026-017, food and nonfood items for 400 children daily, August 4, 2026 deadline). GEC Buying Cooperative procurement SN 26-004 (RFP through Douglas County, March 4, 2026 deadline) aggregates demand across 30 Georgia school districts with estimated combined spending of approximately $5.5 million annually on fresh produce and eggs. Pears specifically appear in produce line-item lists at Hancock County Board of Education Georgia (IFB SN002-2027, June 26, 2026 deadline), Dougherty County Board of Education Georgia (sealed bids June 16, 2026), and Bulloch County School District Georgia (IFP for local produce, May 4, 2026 deadline). Geographic concentration centers on Georgia school districts, with secondary clusters in Texas independent school districts and Connecticut municipal systems; most activity posts between late February and mid-July with bid response deadlines clustering in March through June for fiscal-year 2026-2027 contracts beginning July 1, 2026.