UNSPSC 50335411: Dried organic concorde pears

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

UNSPSC 50335411 Dried organic concorde pears, a Commodity code, covers specialized dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and correctional facility food services. Recent solicitations show school districts and state corrections departments buying dried fruits alongside broader fresh and processed produce categories, though the code's narrow focus on a single pear variety appears underrepresented in current opportunities—most school nutrition RFPs and IFBs name dried fruits generically within larger commodity bundles rather than isolating dried pears as a standalone line item. When dried fruits do appear in state and local nutrition procurement, they typically fall within broader fresh produce or food commodities RFPs that enumerate dozens of produce items across multiple categories (berries, root vegetables, citrus, specialty fruits) with specific case sizes and unit counts, suggesting that procurement offices treat dried organic pears as one option among many dried-fruit alternatives rather than as a preferred or regularly solicited item.

School districts and state agencies in the South and Southwest represent the primary recent buyers. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce spanning the 2026-27 school year with a June 26, 2026 response date covering over 200 fresh-produce line items; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited nutrition commodities for the Board of Education with a June 26, 2026 deadline across 115 line items; the State of Georgia posted an IFB for food, supplies, and other kitchen products with a June 22, 2026 due date; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products with a May 4, 2026 response date (extended via addendum). A prior TDCJ solicitation (IW236532) specifically requested whole, pitted, dried prunes in Grade B quality, demonstrating that corrections procurement does source individual dried-fruit items, though no concurrent dried-pear opportunities appear in the recent block.