UNSPSC 50345404: Frozen bartlett pears

The variety of pears known as bartlett pears that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345404 Frozen bartlett pears, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement solicitations reviewed. The code represents a narrow, commodity-level product category — specifically frozen bartlett pears as a single line item within broader food procurement — and state and local buying activity in this period targets bundled grocery, produce, or food-service contracts rather than individual fruit SKUs.

Recent opportunities across the state and local sector reflect institutional food procurement at scale: school districts, state health and human services agencies, county parks departments, and head start programs are procuring food through broad solicitations that aggregate dozens or hundreds of line items across proteins, dairy, produce categories, frozen goods, and paper supplies. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for frozen food products and groceries serving state hospitals and supported living centers, bundling hundreds of line items per contract. The Oregon Department of Corrections, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Collier County Parks and Recreation, Hancock County Schools, and Early County Schools have all posted recent RFQs, RFBs, and ITNs for fresh produce, frozen vegetables, groceries, and meal-service supplies — but each solicitation names product categories (e.g., "frozen vegetables," "fresh produce," "apples") or specific USDA commodity specifications rather than individual cultivars or varieties. When frozen pears appear in these opportunities, they are listed as one line item among dozens on a pricing sheet; they are not the focus of the procurement. Geographic activity spans Texas (dominant with state agency contracting), Georgia, Oregon, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida. Bidders pursuing this code should expect activity to cluster within large institutional food-service RFPs where frozen bartlett pears are one commodity among many, and may find greater opportunity at the Family or Class level (broader frozen-fruit or frozen-produce categories) where state and local demand is demonstrable and recurring.