UNSPSC 50375459: Canned or jarred organic williams pears

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

UNSPSC 50375459 Canned or jarred organic williams pears, a Commodity code, sees modest but steady state and local procurement activity focused on bulk food purchases for institutional food service — notably school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, senior services, and state-supported living centers. The recent solicitations sourced under this code reveal that state and local buyers use it as a catch-all category within broader food procurement initiatives that typically bundle multiple canned and jarred fruit products together rather than procuring organic williams pears as a standalone line item. The issuing bodies include county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia), county social services departments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), state corrections and institutional-care agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health and human services commissions (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), state veterans' homes (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), independent school districts (Austin Independent School District in Texas), city boards of education (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and state procurement offices acting on behalf of multiple agencies. This mix reflects procurement fragmentation across education, corrections, aging services, and health-care institutional operations.

Activity concentrates in the South (Georgia, Texas, Connecticut) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with Illinois and other Midwestern and Northeastern states showing occasional procurement. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IFB for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (including canned vegetables and proteins) due October 19, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (a closely related commodity) due July 31, 2026, under state-goods and resident-vendor preferences; Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables (210 line items, including fresh, frozen, and canned products) with bids due March 19, 2026, and a three-year contract value ceiling of $4.5 million across multiple renewal options. Most institutional food service solicitations are competitively bid ITBs or IFBs with firm, fixed pricing on a per-unit basis, strict compliance with USDA and FDA standards, FOB destination delivery to multiple sites, and Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content (typically 51 percent for processed products). Award is made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or on best-value criteria; contract terms typically run one year with renewal or extension options at the buyer's discretion, and payment follows net 30 to net 45 day cycles.