UNSPSC 50305452: Sunsprite pears

The variety of pears known as sunsprite pears

UNSPSC 50305452 Sunsprite pears, a Commodity code, names a narrow product line that state and local government procurement officers rarely solicit as a standalone item. Recent state and local opportunities confirm this gap: the code shows no active solicitations specifically for Sunsprite pears. Instead, jurisdictions source fresh produce through broader, multi-item procurements that bundle pears with apples, berries, stone fruits, and other items under mixed fresh-produce contracts. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health, school districts across Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Wisconsin, county health systems, and municipal parks departments all post regular fresh-produce buys, but they specify volume, variety, ripeness stage, and case size across dozens of line items rather than isolating a single pear variety. When pears appear in specifications—as in Hancock County Board of Education's 2026-27 fresh-produce bid and Bartow County School System's local-produce RFP—they are priced alongside apples, citrus, stone fruits, and root vegetables on a competitive, line-item basis, not as dedicated awards to a single supplier or product line.

Geographic activity clusters in the South (Georgia, Mississippi, Texas) and Midwest (Wisconsin, Illinois, Connecticut), driven by school nutrition programs, state correctional and mental-health facilities, and municipal parks and senior services. Recent competitive procurements include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh-produce bids for food warehouses in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville (responses due October 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections' bi-weekly produce delivery contract for Joliet Treatment Center under a small-business set-aside (quoted due September 3, 2026), and school-district buys from Madison Metropolitan School District (petite bananas and fresh-fruit snacks under an RFB program favoring in-state sourcing, bid opening July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education (over 200 line items of fresh produce across multiple vendors, bids due June 26, 2026), and Bartow County School System (local-sourced produce with farms within 400 miles, proposals due June 22, 2026). No solicitation limits awards to Sunsprite pears specifically; the code's Commodity-level specificity exceeds the purchasing granularity state and local agencies apply to fresh-produce buys, which aggregate across multiple varieties and suppliers to manage delivery, quality, and cost risk across their nutrition and food-service operations.