UNSPSC 50365404: Canned or jarred bartlett pears

The variety of pears known as bartlett pears that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50365404 Canned or jarred Bartlett pears is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure shelf-stable canned fruit for institutional food service, including senior services, correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show that the code captures a narrow but consistent slice of broader food-commodity procurement—canned pears specifically, but typically embedded in larger RFQs, RFPs, IFBs, or ITBs that span dozens of line items across multiple fruit and vegetable products. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' October 2026 IWQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (including canned vegetables and proteins alongside produce), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products serving state supported living centers and the Department of State Health Services exemplify the institutional context where canned pears compete alongside other preservation methods and product categories. Issuing bodies are predominantly state agencies, county school districts, and state-operated facilities. The State of Illinois issues regular quarterly food solicitations for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy; the Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited canned applesauce multiple times; and Texas state agencies (HHSC, TDCJ, Comptroller on behalf of DSHS) represent repeat buyers of institutional food in volume.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County Schools, State of Georgia), Illinois (State Chief Procurement Office for IVHQ), Oregon (Department of Corrections), and Texas (HHSC, DSHS, TDCJ, Austin ISD, Bridgeport Connecticut, and other jurisdictions). The Oregon Department of Corrections issued parallel ITBs for canned applesauce in May 2026 (S2910000016975, due June 2) and July 2026 (S29100-00017453, due July 31), each requesting roughly 1,900–4,760 cases with a historical price around $21.84 per case and five percent Oregon-goods and resident-vendor preferences applied. The Texas Comptroller's May 2026 IFB for TDCJ cafeteria food products (304T-26-300CF, response deadline extended to May 4) spanned 382 line items of proteins, dairy, grains, vegetables, fruits, and staples across five geographic warehouse zones. No recent opportunities explicitly named canned Bartlett pears as a standalone line item; the code appears to surface in mixed procurement activity where pears would be one choice among many preserved-fruit options, subject to "or approved equivalent" language and brand-or-equal specifications.