UNSPSC 50305460: Winter nelis pears

The variety of pears known as winter nelis pears

UNSPSC 50305460 Winter nelis pears is a Commodity code that does not reflect the current state and local procurement activity under its nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code overwhelmingly concern fresh produce procurement for school meal programs, senior services, and child care facilities—spanning apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and eggs—rather than a single specialized pear variety. School districts and child nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent solicitations from Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County Schools (Georgia), and Head Start of Greater Dallas (Texas), alongside city and county purchasing departments supporting school nutrition or senior services. The code shows no recent opportunities specifically requesting winter nelis pears or any single pear variety; one Georgia school district procurement (Bryan County Schools, April 2026) listed pears as one line item among dozens of produce categories in a broader fresh-produce bid, but this represents institutional bulk purchasing of mixed produce rather than specialty-pear sourcing.

The geographic concentration of recent activity centers on Georgia (with offerings from multiple county school districts and cooperative purchasing arrangements), Texas (school districts and Head Start programs), Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Oregon. Recent representative solicitations include the GEC Buying Cooperative's coordinated procurement (RFP SN 26-004, March 4, 2026 deadline) serving 30 Georgia school districts with approximately $5.5 million in annual spending for general fresh produce and eggs; Madison Metropolitan School District's bids for petite bananas and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (July 29, 2026 deadline); and Hillsborough County Public Schools' Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program procurement (March 11, 2026 deadline, estimated $600,000 annual value). The code's nominal commodity designation appears misaligned with actual procurement patterns, which treat fresh produce as a broad institutional commodity family rather than a specific cultivar, suggesting either data classification drift or that winter nelis pear demand—if present—is negligible relative to general school and institutional produce contracting.