UNSPSC 50375419: Canned or jarred organic french butter pears

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

UNSPSC 50375419 Canned or jarred organic french butter pears (Commodity) represents a narrow food-service input that state and local governments procure primarily through food-supply aggregations for schools, senior services, correctional facilities, and state institutional care centers. Recent opportunities show this code overlaps significantly with broader commodity food purchasing — state and local buyers solicit canned and preserved fruits, vegetables, and proteins as line items within larger multi-category food contracts rather than as standalone specialty procurements. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) requested approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables for the Department of Community Services in an informal written quote (IWQ 140229) due October 19, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate invitations to bid for canned applesauce (ITB S-29100-00017453 in July 2026 and ITB S2910000016975 in May 2026, each specifying 1,904 to 4,760 cases with historical pricing near $21.82 per case). Issuing bodies span state corrections departments, county senior services, school nutrition departments, state health and human services agencies, and municipal boards of education; no single buyer dominates, though Oregon ODOC and Texas HHSC/DSHS appear multiple times in recent activity.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, Texas, and Connecticut, with scattered activity in other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' two applesauce ITBs (Salem distribution center, July and May 2026, FOB Destination with 45-day delivery windows); the Gwinnett County informal quote for food items including canned goods (Lawrenceville, Georgia, October 2026, 72-hour delivery required to the Senior Services Center); the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-specific and brand-or-equal formats, August and June 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food and consumables IFB (HHS0017449, July 2026, serving El Paso and statewide facilities, $1.5 million historical value, with questions due June 22). Buy American provisions, USDA commodity compliance, firm fixed pricing, delivery to centralized distribution centers or multiple end-user sites, and insurance minimums of $1 million appear consistently across solicitations. Canned organic pear purchases are typically embedded within these broader procurements rather than appearing as standalone line items, reflecting the commodity's position within institutional food-service supply chains.