UNSPSC 50345443: Frozen ruby red pears

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

UNSPSC 50345443 Frozen ruby red pears, a Commodity code, describes specialty frozen fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service at schools, hospitals, state supported living centers, and nutrition assistance programs. Recent solicitations show purchasing organizations acquiring frozen fruits—including frozen apples, mixed vegetables, and broader frozen food assortments—as components of larger institutional meal programs rather than frozen ruby red pears as a distinct line item. The code sits within institutional grocery procurement where state and local bodies source shelf-stable and frozen products to feed vulnerable populations: schoolchildren participating in the National School Lunch Program, residents of state hospitals and supported living centers, and food-assistance recipients.

State education agencies and school districts dominate the issuing-body mix, followed by state departments of human services, health and human services commissions, and county boards of education. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears repeatedly across multiple facility types, as do Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Texas school districts and state agencies. The most recent institutional frozen-product solicitation is the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017338V1 for frozen food products across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide—106 line items including frozen baked goods, prepared entrees, proteins, and vegetables, with bids due August 18, 2026, and an estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million. The Oregon Department of Corrections' August 2026 IFB for frozen sliced or diced apples (40,000 pounds, bids due August 19, 2026) and Head Start of Greater Dallas' June 2026 IFB for frozen foods as part of a broader 32,409-case grocery procurement ($969,460.94 estimated value) illustrate demand across corrections, early-childhood education, and school nutrition programs. Most buyers require firm fixed pricing, FOB destination delivery, compliance with USDA commodity or food safety standards, and responsiveness to 90-percent minimum line-item fill rates; few reference frozen ruby red pears specifically, suggesting the code captures frozen specialty fruits when they appear within broader institutional food buys rather than standalone frozen-pear procurements.