UNSPSC 50325404: Dried bartlett pears

The variety of pears known as bartlett pears that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325404 Dried bartlett pears is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of dried fruit products for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other institutional food services. Recent state and local solicitations show purchasing focused on case-quantity supplies of dried fruits — including dried pears, prunes, raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit blends — as components of broader food service contracts or as specialized commodity line items within school lunch, breakfast, and detention facility meal programs. School districts are the dominant issuing body, with additional activity from state departments of criminal justice, counties, and regional purchasing cooperatives sourcing dried fruits as part of fixed-price annual nutrition contracts or standalone commodity procurements. The mix reflects institutional food service requirements where dried fruits serve as shelf-stable, nutritionally specified ingredients meeting USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, and specific caloric or sugar-content limits.

Activity under this code concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary recent solicitations in California, Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations, with response due May 4, 2026, and a separate bid (IW236532) for whole, pitted, dried prunes in 60–70 count size requiring U.S. Grade B quality and 1,400-box minimum order for Delivery Area 1, with the amended response date of February 20, 2026. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items with response due June 26, 2026, covering three school delivery locations; the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department (California) issued ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 on January 28, 2026, for dried fruits and nuts on an all-or-none, five-year fixed basis, requiring 5,880 cases of dried raisins, 1,000 cases of dried cranberries, and 3,000 cases of tropical fruit mix annually, with response due February 5, 2026. Most school district procurements enforce Buy American content thresholds (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content for processed products), firm fixed pricing for the full contract term, and weekly or standing delivery schedules to multiple school sites with F.O.B. destination freight prepaid.