UNSPSC 50305453: Taylors gold pears

The variety of pears known as taylors gold pears

UNSPSC 50305453 Taylors gold pears is a Commodity code. State and local governments use this code to procure specialty produce items for child nutrition, senior services, and correctional food programs. Recent solicitations show school districts, child care agencies, and municipal departments buying fresh produce—including specialty pear varieties—as components of comprehensive fresh fruit and vegetable procurement contracts. The work spans weekly or as-needed deliveries to multiple school sites, child care centers, and service locations, with strict compliance requirements for food safety, temperature control, traceability, and adherence to USDA nutrition standards and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) or National School Lunch Program regulations.

Recent activity under this code cluster centers on Georgia school districts and Texas child care and school nutrition programs, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, and California. The City of Edinburg, Texas issued RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026 for CACFP meal program food and nonfood supplies (due August 4, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District released bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4162 and 4163, both due July 29, 2026), and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida solicited produce for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under RFP 26039RFPDST (proposals due March 11, 2026, estimated annual budget $600,000). Multiple Georgia school districts—including Bulloch County, Dougherty County, Glynn County, Hancock County, Liberty County, and Savannah-Chatham County—released competitive bids for annual fresh produce supply between March and June 2026, with contract terms typically running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The GEC Buying Cooperative, a consortium of 40 Georgia school nutrition directors, issued RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across two geographic areas with estimated combined annual spending of approximately $5.5 million (proposal deadline March 4, 2026). Most opportunities emphasize domestic sourcing, Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, and weekly or bi-weekly delivery schedules to central warehouses and individual school or program sites. Evaluation criteria typically weight cost at 30–50 percent, with remaining points distributed among vendor qualifications and experience, product quality and food safety compliance, delivery reliability, and in some cases local or minority-business status preferences.