UNSPSC 50355400: Frozen organic pears

A fleshy pome fruit that is borne by a tree (genus pyrus, especially p. Communis) of the rose family and is usually larger at the apical end and has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50355400 Frozen organic pears, a Class code, covers shelf-stable and frozen food products that state and local governments procure for school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service — spanning canned proteins, frozen vegetables, fresh produce, dairy, and specialty items required to meet National School Lunch Program compliance and nutrition standards. The code sees activity across school districts, county boards of education, senior services departments, and state procurement offices soliciting food items through IFBs, RFQs, and line-item bids, typically with firm fixed pricing, F.O.B. destination delivery, and compliance requirements including Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), HACCP certification, and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards. Vendors are regularly required to provide three professional references, maintain general liability and products liability insurance, comply with E-Verify and debarment verification, submit complete nutritional analyses and product labels, and accept payment on Net 30 to Net 45 day terms with no fuel surcharges permitted.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with school districts and county governments as primary buyers. Hancock County Board of Education posted an IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce (apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus, melons, specialty fruits) for school year 2026–27 with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. and delivery to three school sites from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Early County Board of Education solicited line-by-line bids for approximately 300 food items plus non-food supplies supporting the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program with bids due June 8, 2026. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners posted an informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products (peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, canned vegetables) for senior services delivery to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center with quotes due October 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited bids for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (breakfast items, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat products) for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department with electronic bids due June 30, 2026 and full contract term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.