UNSPSC 50315411: Organic concorde pears

The variety of organic pears known as organic concorde pears

UNSPSC 50315411 Organic concorde pears (Commodity) nominally describes a single produce item, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little direct relevance to the category's narrow scope. The code does not appear in any of the posted opportunities; instead, school districts and state agencies are soliciting fresh produce through broad family-level classifications that encompass dozens of fruit and vegetable line items, mixed-produce baskets, and fresh-food services. When districts do name specific items—bananas, apples, berries, citrus, leafy greens, root vegetables—they typically bid them as part of comprehensive produce contracts rather than as single-commodity procurements. State and local food service procurement under this tier of UNSPSC classification appears dormant; the actual buying activity aggregates upward into multi-item RFPs, IFBs, and RFQs that span 60 to 300+ produce SKUs per solicitation.

Buying bodies include school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, McAllen Independent, Austin Independent, Douglas County), county board of education systems (Bartow County, Early County, Liberty County in different states), regional cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts), and state agencies (Georgia Department of Human Services). Recent opportunities posted between February and July 2026 reflect institutional food service for K–12 lunch and breakfast programs, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program initiatives, and farm-to-school sourcing. Representative solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, estimated annual value $78,000, due July 29, 2026), Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts ($4.4 million estimated annual spend for Area One, due March 4, 2026), and Bulloch County School District IFP for 24 locally-grown produce items within 200 miles (May 4, 2026). Activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock, Bulloch, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn, Douglas Counties and Atlanta-region school systems) and Texas (McAllen, Austin independent school districts), with secondary activity in Wisconsin (Madison) and Florida (Hillsborough County). Vendors pursuing this category should recognize that state and local food service procurement operates at the family or higher level; single-item commodity codes do not reflect actual buying patterns in institutional school nutrition contracting.