UNSPSC 50325417: Dried emperor brown pears

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

UNSPSC 50325417 Dried emperor brown pears (Commodity) covers dried pear products sourced by state and local school nutrition programs, county education boards, and state correctional facilities primarily for cafeteria and meal-service operations. Recent solicitations reveal that purchasing under this code spans individual dried fruit line items within broader fresh and dried produce procurement portfolios—notably, a representative opportunity names whole, pitted dried prunes meeting U.S. Grade B specifications as a direct parallel commodity. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) soliciting fresh produce and commodity food items for nutrition centers in the same posting window. State-level purchasing also appears, evidenced by the State of Georgia's May 2026 request for food, supplies, and other kitchen products, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice sourcing dried fruit for multiple warehouse and facility locations across geographic areas. Buy American provisions mandating at least 51 percent domestic content for processed products are standard across these solicitations, and vendors must provide USDA grade certifications, HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, and comprehensive liability insurance.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South, with recent opportunities posted from Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas between April and June 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products (due May 4, 2026) spanning approximately 382 line items and delivery to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas, with a contract term through August 31, 2027 plus two optional one-year renewals; a related TDCJ dried-fruit opportunity, Bid No. IW236532 for whole, pitted, dried prunes in 60–70 count size (1,400 boxes minimum for Corpus Location, due February 20, 2026), demonstrates active dried-fruit sourcing within the same organization. Hancock County Schools' fresh produce IFB (due June 26, 2026) specified delivery to three school locations and required sealed bids with firm pricing for the full 2026–27 contract year. The Bridgeport Board of Education commodities solicitation (IFB, due June 26, 2026) required electronic submission through the OpenGov Procurement Portal and enumerated 115 line items across proteins, dairy, fruits, and vegetables for delivery to the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center. No recent opportunities under this code show active procurement exclusively for dried emperor brown pears; dried-fruit sourcing appears within larger food-procurement portfolios rather than as standalone commodity bids.