UNSPSC 50375411: Canned or jarred organic concorde pears

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

UNSPSC 50375411 Canned or jarred organic concorde pears (Commodity) covers shelf-stable packaged fruit products that state and local governments buy for food service operations, principally through school districts, corrections facilities, senior services, and health and human services agencies. Recent opportunities show this code being used loosely — the sourced opportunities span canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and broad commodity food buys that nominally fit under produce or packaged foods but are tagged to fruit-related codes across Georgia, Oregon, Texas, Illinois, Connecticut, and elsewhere. The code itself names a specific product (organic concorde pears in canned or jarred form), but the recent solicitations do not isolate demand for that item; instead they surface demand for shelf-stable fruit products more broadly — canned applesauce and dried fruit bars appear explicitly, while the larger commodity food buys (cafeteria supplies for corrections, school nutrition, state health facilities) encompass fruit as one line item among many. Issuing bodies include county school nutrition programs, state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, city boards of education, and county senior services departments.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast (Georgia, Texas), Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Illinois, and Connecticut, with the most concentrated recent solicitations from the State of Oregon Department of Corrections (two canned applesauce ITBs in May and July 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (supplemental food buys in May and June 2026), the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia (informal quotes for shelf-stable food items, IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026), the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office (weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, multiple solicitations in June and August 2026), and the Austin Independent School District (dried fruit bars and apple crisps RFP, due July 16, 2026). Oregon and Texas show the highest recent volume. Bid cycles are tight — most responses close within two to four weeks of posting — and pricing is typically evaluated on unit cost with firm fixed rates required for the contract term or renewal periods, with transportation FOB Destination prepaid by the vendor.