UNSPSC 50385929: Merton pride pear purees

The variety of pears known as merton pride pears which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50385929 Merton pride pear purees, a Commodity code, does not reflect the products state and local governments are actually procuring under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged to this code cover broad food service procurement across school districts, corrections departments, state health agencies, and municipal nutrition programs — applesauce, fresh produce, dried fruit bars, eggs, and mixed grocery items for institutional feeding operations, not pear purees specifically. The code mismatch signals either a tagging error in the underlying procurement data or that this code serves as a catch-all for fruit-based food products in state and local systems. Issuers include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Austin ISD, Rockwood R-VI School District, Hancock County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Dallas ISD), state corrections and health agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), municipal procurement offices (City of Bridgeport Connecticut), and county school systems (Douglas County School System Georgia). The work being solicited ranges from canned fruit commodities meeting USDA 2011 specifications and Buy American provisions, to fresh produce with detailed pack-size and quality requirements, to mixed grocery line-item bids serving institutions at scale — typically firm-fixed FOB destination pricing with delivery windows, insurance minimums of $1 million to $2 million general liability, and contract terms running one to three years with renewal options.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and Midwest, with visible solicitation volume in Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County), Texas (Austin ISD, Dallas ISD, Texas HHSC, Texas TDCJ), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Connecticut (Bridgeport), Oregon (Department of Corrections), and Virginia (Fairfax County). The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 on July 10, 2026, requesting approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with bids due July 31, 2026, under a historical award price of $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales, with Oregon state and local-vendor preferences totaling 10 percent. Austin Independent School District issued RFP 27RFP004 on June 26, 2026, for dried fruit bars and apple crisps with proposals due July 16, 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited supplemental food and consumables statewide under IFB HHS0016792 with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years, and the Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution services with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million to serve approximately 25,500 students. No activity supports meaningful pursuit under this code's nominal product scope; the Commodity code itself appears misaligned with actual procurement demand.