UNSPSC 50545460: Frozen non GMO winter nelis pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO winter nelis pears that have been frozen for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50545460 Frozen non-GMO winter nelis pears is a Commodity code that captures a single specialized fresh-produce item, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little relevant solicitation volume. The recent opportunities posted against this code span school district nutrition programs, municipal food procurement, and state-level grocery purchasing—but they overwhelmingly solicit broad grocery and produce baskets (100+ to 1,100+ line items each) rather than specific pear varieties. The one opportunity explicitly tagged to this code, Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027, encompasses over 900 line items across snacks, fruits, vegetables, breads, grains, cereals, dairy, beverages, condiments, meats, and prepared entrees, not frozen nelis pears specifically. School districts and their food-service operations represent the dominant buyer cohort, with examples including Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System, all soliciting multi-category food contracts under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program frameworks. State governments and municipal purchasing offices occasionally appear as primary issuers—the State of Georgia and the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases among them—but typically on behalf of school nutrition services or institutional feeding.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and Connecticut, with the Douglas County School System (Georgia) running a GEC Buying Cooperative RFP that spans 30 districts across two geographic areas and an estimated $5.5 million annual spend on fresh produce and eggs alone. The source shows no recent solicitation specifically requesting frozen winter nelis pears as a line item; the code appears to be a classification mismatch with the actual procurement scope. Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for grocery items (response due June 30, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items (response due June 26, 2026), Early County Board of Education's line-item food bid (response due June 8, 2026), and Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts (response due March 4, 2026). All school district contracts run July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, mandate Buy American provisions (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content for processed goods), HACCP compliance, firm pricing with limited escalation windows, and delivery to multiple school sites with no fuel surcharges. This code does not show active standalone procurement for frozen nelis pears; pursuit would require vendor alignment with broad multi-category school nutrition RFPs and IFBs, not single-product sourcing.