UNSPSC 50365400: Canned or jarred 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 canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50365400 Canned or jarred pears, a Class code, captures shelf-stable preserved fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service—primarily canned pears in syrup or juice, but the recent opportunities show the code is being applied broadly to mixed canned-fruit categories including applesauce, peaches, pineapple, and fruit cocktail, often bundled with other shelf-stable food items for cafeteria, correctional, and senior-services operations. The issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas TDCJ, Illinois and California state hospitals), county boards of education and commissioners (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Gwinnett County in Georgia), school districts (Austin ISD, City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and state-supported living centers. Repeat state buyers—Illinois and Oregon—appear multiple times in the recent record, signaling sustained demand for quarterly or annual food-service contracting cycles.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Pacific Northwest and South, with Oregon Department of Corrections posting two ITBs for canned applesauce (May 2026 and July 2026, both due within two weeks), the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office issuing multiple brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (June and August 2026), and Texas agencies—HHSC, TDCJ, and state hospitals—posting comprehensive food-supply IFBs spanning canned fruits as line items within larger commodity bundles. Gwinnett County (Georgia) requested informal written quotes for 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable foods including canned items with a due date of October 19, 2026, and Hancock County Schools (Georgia) and the California Department of State Hospitals at Atascadero also solicited canned fruit as part of larger food-service procurements (May–June 2026). These opportunities typically employ IFB, RFQ, or RFP methods with two-to-four-week response windows; pricing is commonly evaluated on a per-case or per-unit basis; and awards favor responsive and responsible bidders or best-value propositions with delivery to designated institutional receiving docks on FOB destination terms.