UNSPSC 50301711: Mysore bananas

The variety of bananas known as mysore bananas

UNSPSC 50301711 Mysore bananas (Commodity) represents a narrow product category within school nutrition and child nutrition programs, where state and local governments procure bananas as part of broader food service contracts rather than as standalone line items. Recent opportunities show bananas appearing alongside diverse fresh produce in child nutrition and school meal procurement, particularly in CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) meal service and USDA school lunch initiatives. The City of Edinburg, Texas issued RFP 2026-017 for CACFP meal program supplies serving 400 children daily, with food products as one of five categories due August 4, 2026. Madison Metropolitan School District issued a dedicated RFB 4162 for petite bananas specifically—150-count cases, 5" to 5.5" length, ripeness stages 3.5 through 4.5 per Chiquita color guide, with weekly usage of 70–90 cases and annual contract value estimated at $78,000, proposals due July 29, 2026. School districts and child nutrition authorities dominate the recent issuing base—the McAllen Independent School District, Meriden Public Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools, and multiple Georgia school boards (Henry County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and others) all solicited fresh produce including bananas as part of broader nutrition contracts. State cooperative purchasing entities such as the GEC Buying Cooperative (aggregating 30 Georgia school districts) and Head Start of Greater Dallas also procure bananas as commodity items within regional food service agreements.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in the Southeast and South, with recent solicitations from Georgia (Bulloch County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Glynn County, Liberty County), Texas (Edinburg, McAllen, Austin ISD, Head Start of Greater Dallas), and Florida (Hillsborough County), though procurement occurs nationwide across school districts in Connecticut, Oregon, California, and Mississippi. Bananas appear most frequently in fresh-produce line-item lists rather than as standalone procurement vehicles; they are ordered in estimated quantities ranging from 750 to 1,500+ cases annually at institutional scale. The code shows active state and local buying activity but no recent sole-source or dedicated banana-only contracts beyond the Madison Metropolitan petite banana RFB, indicating bananas function as a commodity component of larger fresh-produce and grocery supply agreements where unit pricing, shelf-life compliance, delivery frequency (typically weekly or twice-weekly), and food-safety certifications (HACCP, GAP) drive vendor competition rather than banana sourcing alone.