UNSPSC 50375426: Canned or jarred organic keiffer pears

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

UNSPSC 50375426 Canned or jarred organic keiffer pears is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement covers the purchase of shelf-stable canned and jarred fruit products for food service operations, including applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and broader commodity food supplies serving institutional cafeterias, school nutrition programs, and state facilities. The code spans solicitations from school districts, county boards of education, state departments of corrections and health services, and municipal purchasing offices. Work under the code ranges from single-item procurements (such as canned applesauce for correctional facilities) to large multi-line-item food service contracts supplying nutritious staples to senior centers, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and correctional institutions.

Recent activity is distributed across the South, Southwest, and Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited canned applesauce twice in the past six months (ITB S-29100-00017453 due July 31, 2026, for approximately 4,760 cases at a historical award price of $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales, and ITB S-29100-00016975 due June 2, 2026, for 1,904 cases at a historical price of $21.827 per case to MJ Kellner); Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited food items including shelf-stable products via informal written quote (PE77023NONST2027000000782, due October 19, 2026); the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office has issued multiple brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (three solicitations posted between June and August 2026, all due within one to two weeks of posting); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a large supplemental food and consumables IFB covering 210 line items statewide (HHS0016792v2, with bids due March 19, 2026, and a maximum potential contract value of $4.5 million over three years); the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts solicited cafeteria food products for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, with approximately 382 line items); the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut requested commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center (BNB053266, due June 26, 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a food and consumable products IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, due July 11, 2026, with a historical value of $1.5 million for the prior 12-month period); Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026); and Austin Independent School District solicited dried fruit bars and apple crisps via RFP (27RFP004, due July 16, 2026). Buy American provisions appear in school district and state health procurement; Oregon applies 10 percent combined preference for in-state production and residency; Texas facilities operate under state SmartBuy and prevailing wage frameworks.