UNSPSC 50345459: Frozen williams pears

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

UNSPSC 50345459 Frozen williams pears is a Commodity code that designates a single frozen fruit product line, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows little relevance to the actual commodity named. Recent solicitations tagged with this code span broad grocery and food service procurement across institutional settings—state hospitals, correctional facilities, school districts, and child care agencies—but frozen williams pears appear in none of the representative opportunities. Instead, issuing bodies are soliciting comprehensive food and consumable product bundles that include frozen fruits generically (berries, mixed vegetables, tropical fruit blends) alongside proteins, dairy, produce, grains, and food service supplies. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either a cataloging error in the state and local systems or an overly narrow commodity definition that does not reflect how jurisdictions structure food service procurement in practice.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC for state hospitals and supported living centers), county and municipal school districts (Hancock County, Early County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia; Rockwood R-VI in Missouri; City Schools of Decatur; Fulton County; Henry County; Douglas County; Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut; Hillsborough County in Florida), special-purpose districts (Head Start of Greater Dallas), and county correctional systems (Santa Clara County, Oregon Department of Corrections). Geographic spread concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, California, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017660 for groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (bids due July 27, 2026), the City of Bridgeport's IFB BID052266 for grocery items serving the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (closed June 30, 2026), Head Start of Greater Dallas's IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods and produce meeting CACFP requirements (bids due June 24, 2026, estimated value $969,460.94), and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB SN002-2027 for fresh produce across over 200 line items (bids due June 26, 2026). None of these opportunities explicitly reference frozen williams pears or a single-product procurement model; all solicit multiple food categories on a line-item or comprehensive basis. The code shows steady recent posting activity but does not map cleanly to the commodity it names.