UNSPSC 50305441: Rosy red pears

The variety of pears known as rosy red pears

UNSPSC 50305441 Rosy red pears is a Commodity code covering fresh fruit procurement by state and local jurisdictions. While the code name specifies rosy red pears, state and local governments use this code to solicit fresh produce more broadly—apples, bananas, berries, citrus, leafy greens, root vegetables, tomatoes, and other fresh fruits and vegetables for institutional food service. The purchasing bodies span state correctional and mental health facilities, county and municipal parks departments, school districts, Head Start programs, senior services divisions, and health care coalitions. Scope ranges from single-item procurements (petite bananas for a school district, fresh produce delivery to a state prison facility) to comprehensive multi-item fresh-produce contracts serving hundreds of meals daily across dozens of sites. Institutional buyers emphasize cold-chain management, USDA compliance, HACCP plans, delivery frequency (often daily or bi-weekly), and quality specifications including ripeness, size, and blemish-free condition. School districts and correctional facilities dominate recent activity, with many contracts including Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content) and local-vendor preferences worth points or price discounts in evaluation.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas, particularly Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Early County, DeSoto County in Mississippi, and others), Illinois state facilities (Department of Corrections at Joliet, Department of Mental Health), and Texas agencies (Department of Criminal Justice with multiple food warehouses). Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued at least three separate fresh-produce solicitations in the past six weeks, with proposals due October 14 and October 19, 2026. Representative procurements include Texas Department of Criminal Justice IW267376 (fresh fruit and vegetables to Palestine facility, RFP due October 19, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education IFB #SN002-2027 (200+ line items of fresh produce for school year 2026–27, sealed bids due June 26, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4163 (fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, approximately 5,900 weekly servings for elementary students, bids due July 29, 2026, estimated annual value $78,000 for petite bananas alone under RFB 4162), Collier County Board of County Commissioners ITN (food services including fresh produce at North Collier Regional Park, local-vendor preference applies, proposals due March 6, 2025), and Illinois Department of Corrections RFQ (fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center with small-business set-aside, bi-weekly deliveries, prevailing wage requirements under Illinois law, proposals due September 3, 2026). School nutrition contracts typically run July through June and include options for one to four renewal periods; state facility contracts vary from one year to multiple-year terms. Insurance, HACCP documentation, debarment verification, and E-Verify compliance are standard across all issuing bodies.