UNSPSC 50325457: Dried warden pears

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

UNSPSC 50325457 Dried warden pears (Commodity) encompasses dried fruit products that school districts, state departments, and correctional facilities procure as part of broader nutrition and food-service supply contracts. State and local governments buy dried fruit primarily through school nutrition programs and institutional food-service operations, bundling these items within larger produce and commodities RFQs and IFBs rather than as standalone line items. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (such as Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia), city boards of education working through municipal procurement offices (such as the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), state agencies (the State of Georgia and Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and specialized institutional buyers. Dried fruit appears as one product category among dozens in comprehensive food and nutrition solicitations, competing against fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared entrees within single multi-category RFQs and IFBs.

Recent activity is concentrated in the South and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with a due date of June 26, 2026, for 2026–27 school-year produce spanning over 200 line items, though the detailed bid list does not explicitly name dried pears as a line item. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for 115 commodity line items supplying the Board of Education Nutrition Center, with MBE/CBE set-asides under City Ordinance 3.12.130; the full scope is not detailed in the available summary. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division (due May 4, 2026, extended via Addendum No. 2) for approximately 382 cafeteria food-product line items across five geographic areas and six distribution points in Texas. TDCJ also issued a separate IFB (IW236532) for whole, pitted, dried prunes meeting U.S. Grade B specifications with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes to a Corpus location; the original due date of February 18, 2026, was amended to February 20, 2026, via Amendment No. 1. All school nutrition contracts enforce Buy American provisions requiring a minimum of 51 percent domestic content in processed products, and delivery is required to specified school or institutional sites with firm fixed pricing for the contract term.