UNSPSC 50355439: Frozen organic rocha pears

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

UNSPSC 50355439 Frozen organic rocha pears is a Commodity code that covers specialty frozen stone fruit products for institutional food service operations. State and local governments—predominantly school districts—procure frozen organic rocha pears as part of comprehensive school nutrition program sourcing, where they appear alongside broader frozen and fresh produce categories within larger grocery and food-service solicitations. The code represents a narrow product line within the much wider universe of frozen and fresh produce items that school nutrition services bid on annually; a recent IFB from Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, for example, listed rocha pears among over 200 fresh produce line items spanning apples, berries, root vegetables, and specialty fruits. School districts are the primary issuing bodies under this code, supported by state procurement offices and, occasionally, special-purpose food-service consortia such as the GEC Buying Cooperative. Vendors supplying under the code must meet rigorous compliance standards including HACCP certification with 24/7 recall accessibility, Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed products), USDA food safety standards, E-Verify authorization, general liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence, and delivery to multiple designated school sites on firm-fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges permitted.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with secondary activity in Missouri. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (posted June 30, 2026, due June 30, 2026) supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, requiring National School Lunch Program compliance and blind testing of samples; the Hancock County Board of Education issued IFB SN002-2027 for over 200 fresh produce line items including specialty fruits (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026); and the Douglas County School System issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for 72 produce line items across 30 districts in two geographic areas (posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026) with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two. Additional Georgia procurements from Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Bid 26-34, posted March 22, 2026, due April 23, 2026) and Early County Board of Education (posted May 11, 2026, due June 8, 2026) reinforce the state's dominance in institutional fresh and frozen produce sourcing. Contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options extending up to three additional years, and awards are made to lowest responsive and responsible bidders on a single- or multi-vendor basis with line-item allocation permitted.