UNSPSC 50325441: Dried rosy red pears

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

UNSPSC 50325441 Dried rosy red pears, a Commodity code, describes a narrowly defined fresh or processed fruit product that state and local procurement offices rarely solicit in isolation; instead, school districts, correctional facilities, and other public food service operations source dried fruit as one line item within broader grocery or produce supply contracts. The recent state and local opportunities show little direct sourcing of dried rosy red pears specifically. School districts buying fresh produce (Hancock County Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County, Liberty County, Douglas County, and Rockwood School District) procure fresh apples, berries, and other common produce in volume but do not flag dried pears as a separate line item. The County of Santa Clara's February 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts to the Department of Correction—Food Services does include dried fruit line items (raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix), but not dried pears. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products and the February 2026 prune procurement similarly source specific dried commodities for institutional food service but make no reference to dried rosy red pears. Geographic activity for this code cluster is concentrated in Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County) and includes California (Santa Clara County), Missouri (Rockwood), Virginia (Fairfax), Connecticut (Bridgeport), Texas, and Georgia statewide. Buying bodies are predominantly school districts and regional food service cooperatives, with one county correctional facility.

The market for dried rosy red pears under this code shows minimal recent solicitation activity—no posted opportunity directly names dried rosy red pears as a procurement line item in the past six months. Fruit sourcing in school nutrition contracts emphasizes fresh produce (apples, berries, citrus) and common dried staples (raisins, cranberries) rather than specialty dried fruit varieties. If dried pears appear in procurement, they likely nestle within master grocery contracts or dried-fruit line items bundled with competing dried-fruit vendors, with award criteria favoring lowest cost and commodity-grade quality rather than varietal specificity. Pursuit of this code requires either identifying procurement opportunities that consolidate dried fruits under broader RFQ scope or cultivating relationships with school districts and institutional food service buyers as a secondary supplier on existing master-produce or dried-commodity frameworks, where specialty items command limited volume and margin.