UNSPSC 50325410: Dried comice pears

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

UNSPSC 50325410 Dried comice pears is a Commodity code that frames procurement activity around specialty dried fruit items for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show little direct demand specifically for dried comice pears—the code appears to sit within a broader category of dried fruits that state and local buyers include as line items within larger produce, grocery, and food-service supply contracts. School districts are the dominant issuing body under this code family, supplemented by correctional facilities and county detention services. These jurisdictions source dried fruits as components of comprehensive nutrition and meal-service procurement rather than as standalone commodity buys. Across recent solicitations, dried fruits—including raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, and specialty dried items—appear alongside fresh produce, proteins, grains, and prepared foods in school lunch contracts or as specialized snack and nutritional components in correctional food service budgets.

Recent activity centers on school district nutrition contracts in Georgia and the broader Southeast, supplemented by California county corrections procurement. The County of Santa Clara (California) issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617) in January 2026 for dried fruits and nuts to supply the Elmwood Correctional Facility, specifying dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix as line items alongside nuts on an all-or-none basis with a five-year term and firm pricing for Year 1. Multiple Georgia school districts—Hancock County Schools (IFB due June 26, 2026), Liberty County Board of Education (IFB due April 29, 2026), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (bid due April 23, 2026), and Douglas County School System through the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP due March 4, 2026)—have issued fresh produce and food supply contracts encompassing hundreds of line items where dried fruits would be minor components. Dried comice pears do not appear explicitly in any recently posted opportunity; the code sits inactive in current state and local procurement activity. Buyers sourcing dried fruits tend to package them within broad-based grocery or nutrition service contracts rather than issue targeted buys for single dried-fruit commodities.