UNSPSC 50335421: Dried organic hosui pears

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

UNSPSC 50335421 Dried organic hosui pears is a Commodity code that encompasses dried fruit products used predominantly in school nutrition programs and institutional food service. State and local governments procure dried fruits—including hosui pears, raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit blends—as shelf-stable components of cafeteria menus and inmate food services, typically bundled within broader fresh produce, grocery staples, or specialty dried-fruit and nuts solicitations. School districts dominate recent activity under related dried-fruit procurement, supported by institutional buyers including county correction facilities and state criminal justice departments. The actual purchasing pattern reflects mixed direct procurement of dried fruits as standalone line items alongside large master grocery and produce contracts where dried fruits appear as one category among 70+ produce or 900+ total grocery line items. Institutional procurement emphasis centers on compliance with USDA nutritional standards, Buy American requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), HACCP food safety protocols, and firm-fixed pricing structures spanning 12-month contract periods.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, California, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Virginia. Representative solicitations include the County of Santa Clara's ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 (issued January 28, 2026, due February 5, 2026) seeking dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blend, walnuts, and pecans for correctional food services on a five-year contract with Year 1 firm pricing and capped annual increases in Years 2–5; the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution across 32 Georgia schools serving 25,500 students with estimated annual spend of approximately $9,000,000 (proposals due February 18, 2026); Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery solicitation covering over 900 line items including dried fruits (bids due April 29, 2026); and Liberty County Board of Education's IFB for 400+ food items with weekly delivery to 13 schools (bids due April 29, 2026). Dried fruits typically compete within larger commodity bundles rather than as standalone high-volume categories, suggesting moderate pursuit opportunity within master grocery and produce contracts rather than dedicated dried-fruit sole-source buys.