UNSPSC 50301701: Apple bananas

The variety of bananas known as apple bananas

UNSPSC 50301701 Apple bananas is a Commodity code that covers the supply and delivery of fresh apple bananas and similar petite banana varieties to state and local institutions. State and local governments procuring under this code buy fresh produce for institutional food service — particularly school districts, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services programs, and child nutrition initiatives. Recent solicitations show bananas sourced as single units in bulk case quantities, often specified by size, ripeness stage, and internal temperature at delivery, with quality standards requiring minimum fill rates and damage-replacement guarantees. Issuing bodies span school districts (including Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin and Hancock County Schools in Georgia), state departments of corrections (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state mental health agencies (Illinois Department of Mental Health), and food service contractors operating child and adult care food programs. A handful of repeat institutional buyers — particularly Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities and Georgia school districts — appear across multiple recent solicitations for fresh produce generally, though banana-specific opportunities are less frequent than broad produce procurement.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin, driven primarily by school district nutrition programs and state correctional and mental health institutions. The most recent banana-specific solicitation is Madison Metropolitan School District Food & Nutrition Department RFB 4162, posted July 8, 2026, requesting bids for petite bananas in 150-count case packs, 5" to 5.5" in length at ripeness stages 3.5 through 4.5 per the Chiquita color guide, with delivery to the Food Production Center at 4711 Pflaum Road, Madison, Wisconsin between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Friday; bids closed July 29, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time, with estimated annual contract value of $78,000 for September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Broader fresh-produce solicitations naming bananas as line items include Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP (posted June 24, 2026, bids due June 24, 2026) covering approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat for CACFP child care programs, and multiple Georgia school district procurements (Hancock County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County, Bartow County) spanning May through June 2026 with June and July bid deadlines, all seeking fresh produce including bananas for school nutrition programs during FY 2026–2027.