UNSPSC 50301708: Lacatan bananas

The variety of bananas known as lacatan bananas

UNSPSC 50301708 Lacatan bananas is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh bananas under this code primarily for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, child care programs, and regional parks. Recent solicitations show single-source banana supply (Madison Metropolitan School District's July 2026 RFB 4162 for petite bananas, 70–90 cases weekly at $78,000 annually) alongside broader fresh-produce contracts where bananas represent one line item among dozens. The Illinois Department of Mental Health, Illinois Department of Corrections, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have posted recent banana and mixed-produce solicitations, indicating institutional food-service buyers dominate the code. School districts conducting National School Lunch Program procurement name bananas as a commodity within multi-item bids; the Lacatan variant appears less frequently than generic "bananas" in recent solicitations, suggesting commodity-level specificity is less common in state and local practice than family-level fresh-fruit procurement.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted two fresh-produce solicitations in September and October 2026 (responses due October 14 and October 19) covering warehouse distribution to multiple facilities; bananas appear implicitly within those fresh-produce scopes. Madison Metropolitan School District issued RFB 4162 (July 2026, due July 29) specifically for petite bananas in 150-count cases, 5"–5.5" length, with weekly deliveries to a food production center and 98 percent fill-rate requirements — a representative institutional transaction showing volume, specification rigor, and geographic concentration. School districts in Georgia, Mississippi, and Connecticut conducting school-year fresh-produce or grocery solicitations in May through July 2026 treat bananas as commodity line items within broader food-service RFBs rather than standalone procurements. No set-asides or preference programs specific to banana supply are evident in recent postings; local-vendor preferences on geographic sourcing (Wisconsin, Georgia) apply to produce generally, not to bananas specifically.