UNSPSC 50365422: Canned or jarred italian butter pears

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

UNSPSC 50365422 Canned or jarred italian butter pears is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable preserved pear products used in institutional food service. State and local governments buy canned or jarred pears—often as part of broader food-service procurement portfolios—for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state supported-living centers, senior-services programs, and health-and-human-services institutions. The work solicited under this code is narrowly defined, but the opportunities that mention it sit within much larger institutional food-service RFQs, ITBs, and RFPs spanning 100–200 line items of mixed shelf-stable and fresh products, where pears compete for shelf space and budget allocation alongside canned vegetables, fruits, applesauce, and proteins. Issuing bodies are predominantly county education boards, state departments (primarily corrections, health services, and social services), school districts, and county social-services departments. Recent activity shows no dedicated single-item procurements for pears alone; instead, the code appears in environments where unit pricing and line-item awards drive competitive bidding across entire food-service portfolios.

Geographic spread includes activity in Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut. The most decision-relevant recent opportunities do not isolate pears as a sole procurement line—instead, pear products appear incidentally within larger food-service awards. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) issued IWQ 140229 on October 13, 2026, requesting quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026, spanning 35 line items of which canned vegetables and fruits formed one category; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office issued multiple quarterly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (June and August 2026, both ITB/RFP format) requesting weekly food supplies under brand-specific and brand-or-equal specifications; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0016792v2 in May 2026 covering 210 line items of mixed fresh, frozen, and canned food products for state hospitals and supported-living centers statewide with an estimated three-year contract value of $4.5 million; and the Oregon Department of Corrections issued multiple ITBs for canned applesauce (May and July 2026) representing stand-alone commodity procurements in the preserve-fruit category. No recent opportunities isolate Italian butter pears specifically, and no recent awards are named in available sources. This code shows low standalone activity and is typically bundled within institutional food-service aggregates rather than pursued as a dedicated line item.