UNSPSC 50355424: Frozen organic juno pears

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

UNSPSC 50355424 Frozen organic juno pears is a Commodity code that maps poorly to the state and local procurement activity recently tagged under it. The code's nominal scope—a single specialty fruit product—does not align with the solicitations posted under this identifier, which span comprehensive grocery and fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs. State and local governments are not soliciting frozen organic juno pears specifically; instead, school districts, city boards of education, and county systems are issuing RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs for broad-based food service supply contracts encompassing hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, grains, frozen items, and non-food supplies. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education—Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System—supplemented by state-level and county purchasing offices. These contracts support the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with deliveries to multiple school sites and central warehouses, and vendors must meet Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic content), HACCP plans, food safety certifications, and extensive compliance documentation.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary representation in Connecticut. Representative solicitations include Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items with an electronic bid deadline of June 30, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items due June 26, 2026; Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP for fresh produce and eggs to serve 30 districts across two Georgia areas with a proposal deadline of March 4, 2026 and estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million; and Rockwood R-VI School District's April 2026 electronic bid solicitation for over 900 grocery line items due April 29, 2026. The code shows no recent activity specifically for frozen organic juno pears and should not be treated as a reliable identifier for specialty fruit procurement; vendors pursuing frozen specialty produce should verify that actual solicitations fall outside the nominal scope of this commodity classification or clarify the mismatch with procurement offices before bid preparation.