UNSPSC 50325412: Dried conference pears

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

UNSPSC 50325412 Dried conference pears is a Commodity code that sees limited recent activity in state and local procurement. The source records show no recent solicitations explicitly seeking dried conference pears; one opportunity references dried prunes issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Bid No. IW236532, due February 20, 2026), but that is a distinct dried fruit category not synonymous with conference pears. The broader category of dried fruits and nuts appears in one recent opportunity—Santa Clara County's solicitation (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026) for dried fruits and nuts to support correctional food services—which included dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix but not specifically dried conference pears. State and local procurement under this code, where visible, targets institutional food service operations including correctional facilities and school districts, delivered on firm fixed-price contracts with multi-year terms and stringent nutritional and food-safety compliance requirements.

Geographic activity is sparse and concentrated in the Southwest and Southeast. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Santa Clara County, California represent the only visible jurisdictions with recent dried-fruit solicitations in the source material. School districts and other state or local issuing bodies in the broader dried-fruit and specialty produce space (Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, Virginia, and elsewhere) solicit fresh produce, fresh-cut items, and mainstream grocery categories far more frequently than dried specialty fruits. Given the limited and unrepresentative recent opportunity record for this specific commodity code, dried conference pears do not currently constitute a material procurement category in state and local government food service contracting.