UNSPSC 50301702: Baby bananas

The variety of bananas known as baby bananas

UNSPSC 50301702 Baby bananas (Commodity) is rarely solicited under this specific code in state and local procurement; the recent opportunities block contains no petite or baby banana procurements explicitly coded to this line item. Instead, bananas appear across multiple school nutrition and food service bids as one line item within broader fresh produce, grocery, or meal program solicitations—typically grouped with apples, oranges, and seasonal fruits rather than procured as a standalone specialty variety. The Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026) is the only recent solicitation naming baby or petite bananas by that descriptor, requiring 150-count case packs, 5" to 5.5" in length, at ripeness stages 3.5–4.5 per Chiquita standards, with 70–90 cases weekly during school sessions and an estimated annual contract value of $78,000. School districts, child nutrition programs, and senior services departments that procure fresh produce frame bananas as commodity items within broader food sourcing rather than as specialty produce requiring separate qualification. When bananas do appear as line items, they typically represent a small fraction of annual produce spend, often 25–1,500 cases per year depending on school size and service model.

Recent banana procurement activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas school districts conducting annual or multi-year fresh produce bids. Bryan County Schools, Hancock County Schools, Dougherty County Schools, Glynn County Schools, Liberty County Schools, and Muscogee County Schools in Georgia solicited fresh produce including bananas between March and June 2026 under IFB or ITB notices with responses due in April through July. McAllen Independent School District in Texas (RFP 2026-1029, due March 6, 2026 as extended) and the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 Georgia school districts (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) both included bananas within comprehensive fresh produce line lists. Head Start of Greater Dallas and the City of Edinburg CACFP meal program also listed bananas or produce broadly without specification by variety. A few broader grocery or meal support RFPs (Bulloch County Schools, Henry County Schools, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, and Austin ISD) named bananas as one item among 50–1,100+ line items for school nutrition, senior meal delivery, or correctional food service. The code sees minimal standalone activity; pursuit viability depends on whether your firm can supply petite or specialty bananas as a line item within larger school or institutional produce contracts rather than as a dedicated commodity.