UNSPSC 50355444: Frozen organic santa maria pears

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

UNSPSC 50355444 Frozen organic santa maria pears (Commodity) does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code specifies a single frozen fruit product, but the recent opportunities soliciting under this code procure broad baskets of shelf-stable and fresh food items for school nutrition programs, county senior services, and municipal procurement across multiple product categories—shelf-stable proteins, grains, sauces, fresh produce spanning dozens of varieties, dairy, and non-food supplies. The mismatch between the narrow code scope and the expansive categories being purchased suggests either misclassification of these opportunities in the state and local system or that the code itself is not the primary vehicle for commodity-level produce procurement in these jurisdictions. State and local issuing bodies soliciting food items—Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases on behalf of the Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, State of Georgia, and Early County Board of Education—are school districts and county departments, typically using IFB or informal written quote processes.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and Connecticut. Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 response date; Gwinnett County posted an informal written quote (IWQ) for approximately 1,062 cases of food items with a response date of October 19, 2026; Early County Board of Education requested line-by-line bids for food and non-food products with a June 8, 2026 response date. In Connecticut, the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases sought bids on over 1,100 line items of grocery items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department with a June 30, 2026 deadline through OpenGov e-Procurement. The State of Georgia also posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products bid on May 15, 2026 with a June 22, 2026 due date. None of these solicitations explicitly emphasize frozen organic santa maria pears as a line item, reinforcing the disconnect between code assignment and actual procurement scope.