UNSPSC 50305453: Taylors gold pears

The variety of pears known as taylors gold pears

UNSPSC 50305453 Taylors gold pears is a Commodity code that covers the supply and delivery of fresh pears to state and local institutional buyers, primarily correctional facilities, schools, senior centers, mental health facilities, and child care programs. Recent solicitations show purchasing bodies acquiring fresh produce—including pears as part of broader fruit-and-vegetable contracts—for meal programs serving incarcerated populations, schoolchildren, seniors, and children in care. The issuing bodies span state departments of criminal justice and corrections, county and city school districts, county boards of education, municipal senior services divisions, mental health agencies, and child care food program operators. Work solicited under this code includes weekly or bi-weekly fresh-produce delivery contracts requiring compliance with USDA standards, CACFP regulations, health and food-safety certifications, HACCP plans, and Buy American provisions where applicable. Vendors must maintain refrigerated transportation, meet specified quality and ripeness standards, replace damaged goods at no cost, and often provide traceability documentation by farm of origin. Contracts typically span one school or fiscal year with optional renewals.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Connecticut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple fresh-fruit-and-vegetable solicitations (IW267376, IW267420, IW267411) with October 2026 response dates for delivery to prison food warehouses in Palestine, Snyder, and Huntsville. The Illinois Department of Corrections solicited fresh produce for Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026, small-business set-aside). School districts are active buyers: Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas (estimated $78,000 annual value, due July 29, 2026) and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks requiring Wisconsin sourcing within 400 miles (due July 29, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education and Dougherty County Board of Education in Georgia, Bryan County Schools in Georgia, and Early County Board of Education in Georgia posted produce bids for school-year contracts in June 2026. Non-school institutional buyers include Collier County Parks and Recreation (ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park with 10-point local-vendor preference, due March 6, 2025), the Illinois Department of Mental Health at Madden Mental Health Center (small-purchase procurement due August 14, 2026), the City of San Antonio Senior Services Division (RFP 26-070 for produce-market operations at senior centers, due May 27, 2026), and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP for grocery products totaling $969,460.94, pre-bid April 16, 2026, sealed bids June 24, 2026).