UNSPSC 50301706: Green bananas

The variety of bananas known as green bananas

UNSPSC 50301706 Green bananas is a Commodity code that captures institutional produce procurement, though the recent opportunities block shows limited direct activity under this specific code. State and local governments procuring under this code are primarily school districts and child nutrition programs sourcing fresh produce for meal service, where bananas—including petite and standard varieties—appear consistently as line items within broader fresh-produce solicitations. Madison Metropolitan School District explicitly solicited petite bananas under RFB 4162 (due July 29, 2026) at an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 for weekly deliveries of 70–90 cases during school sessions. Bananas surface as high-volume commodity in multiple district-level RFPs and IBFs across Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Oregon, and California, typically bundled with other fresh fruits and vegetables, proteins, and pantry staples rather than as standalone contracts. Issuing bodies are overwhelmingly school districts and school nutrition programs, with occasional child care networks (Head Start, CACFP-funded programs) and county or municipal departments of human services seeking produce for senior meal programs or institutional food service.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia—where Bryan County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, Dougherty County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, Henry County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, and Hancock County Board of Education all posted fresh-produce solicitations between March and June 2026—with significant secondary clusters in Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Edinburg CACFP program, Head Start of Greater Dallas), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), and the broader Southeast. A GEC Buying Cooperative RFP covering 30 Georgia school districts estimated combined annual spending of $5.5 million on fresh produce and eggs across two geographic areas. Beyond district-specific procurements, bananas appear in large multi-item grocery and produce contracts where they function as baseline commodities with estimated usage quantities ranging from 750 to 1,500 cases annually per district. Response dates on produce-specific solicitations typically cluster 45–60 days from posting, with contract terms running July 1 through June 30 aligned to the school fiscal year. No set-aside restrictions specific to green-banana sourcing are evident; Buy American provisions apply broadly across school nutrition procurements, and local-vendor preferences appear in Texas (5% margin tolerance) and Georgia (200–400 mile radius filters for farm-to-school initiatives).