UNSPSC 50325416: Dried early pears

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

UNSPSC 50325416 Dried early pears (Commodity) does not reflect meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code appears in one dated record — a Texas Department of Criminal Justice bid (IW236532) for whole, pitted, dried prunes issued in early 2026 with a due date of February 20, 2026 — which solicits prunes, not pears. The remaining nine opportunities in the dataset span school districts, county corrections, and state agencies, but they target fresh produce (apples, berries, vegetables, citrus, greens), processed grocery items, and dried fruits and nuts in bulk (raisins, cranberries, walnuts, pecans) rather than dried pears as a discrete line item. School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity: Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Liberty County Schools (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Schools (Georgia), Rockwood School District (Missouri), and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) all issued IFBs or RFPs for annual food supply contracts in the 2026 spring cycle, but none specifically isolate dried pears as a procurement focus.

The code's narrow commodity scope—dried early pears only—does not align with actual state and local buying patterns. School nutrition procurement, which represents the largest share of recent activity, bundles dried fruits into broader grocery or produce categories rather than sourcing individual dried-fruit types on standalone contracts. Corrections facilities (Santa Clara County, California and TDCJ in Texas) procure dried fruits and nuts on a consolidated basis to meet institutional menu and nutritional requirements. No state or county solicitation in the dataset identifies dried pears as a standalone commodity, a line item within a produce schedule, or a required product specification. The single prunes record is misdated and mismatched to the code. Given the absence of any current dried-pear-specific opportunity and the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement patterns in school nutrition and corrections foodservice, this code shows no relevant recent activity worth pursuing at this time.