UNSPSC 50305451: Sun gold pears

The variety of pears known as sun gold pears

UNSPSC 50305451 Sun gold pears, a Commodity code, addresses fresh produce procurement for institutional food service operations across state and local government facilities, correctional institutions, schools, senior services, and health care centers. State and local buyers under this code procure fresh fruit—including bananas, apples, berries, citrus, and specialty items—as components of broader meal programs or standalone produce supply contracts. Recent solicitations show that institutional buyers typically combine multiple produce line items into single RFPs or IFBs rather than procuring sun gold pears in isolation; the commodity sits within larger fresh produce families covering weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to kitchens and food service warehouses serving student meals, inmate populations, senior center programming, and patient nutrition. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and mental health, school districts (both at the individual district and countywide level), city and county human services departments, county boards of education, and specialized entities such as Head Start programs and health care coalitions. School districts dominate the recent activity, with repeated bids across Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Illinois, and Mississippi. Common contract structures require F.O.B. Destination pricing (vendor absorbs transportation), HACCP plans, proof of food safety compliance, liability insurance in the $500,000–$2 million range, prevailing-wage certification where applicable, and strict freshness and quality specifications tied to USDA or state nutrition standards.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued at least two recent fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations—IW267420 (Snyder Food Warehouse, due October 14, 2026) and IW267411 (Wynne Food Warehouse, Huntsville, due October 14, 2026)—via the TDCJ Procurement Portal. School districts in Georgia lead the contract volume with multiple 2026–2027 school-year procurements from Hancock County, Dougherty County, Bartow County, Bryan County, and others, typically structured as sealed-bid IFBs with June–July response dates and contract terms running July 2026 through June 2027 with renewal options. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin has issued separate RFBs for petite bananas (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, estimated value $78,000) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, due July 29, 2026, with a geographic preference requiring sourcing within 400 miles of Madison and within Wisconsin). Illinois Department of Mental Health (Madden MHC) solicited fresh fruits and vegetables under small purchase procurement (due August 14, 2026) with a small business set-aside. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education and City of Edinburg, Texas, have also issued recent grocery and meal-program produce solicitations. Activity spans the full calendar year, with school-focused procurements clustering around May–July for fall contract starts, and institutional food service (corrections, mental health) procurements posted year-round. Buy American and domestic-sourcing requirements appear in roughly half the recent school procurements; local-vendor preferences are common in Florida, Texas, and Georgia. Prevailing wage applies in Illinois and Connecticut; set-asides for small, minority-owned, woman-owned, and diverse-owned businesses appear in approximately one-third of the opportunities.