UNSPSC 50301711: Mysore bananas

The variety of bananas known as mysore bananas

UNSPSC 50301711 Mysore bananas, a Commodity code, reflects state and local demand for fresh fruit delivery to institutional food-service operations, chiefly correctional facilities, schools, and senior centers. The code captures single-item or multi-item fresh-produce procurements where bananas—often specified by variety, ripeness stage, case count, or unit size—form part of larger meal programs or are procured as standalone supply contracts. Recent solicitations show bananas appearing both as dedicated line items (Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana RFB 4162, priced at $78,000 annually for 70–90 cases weekly) and as components within broader fresh-produce or grocery buys for child nutrition, school breakfast and lunch programs, and corrections food service. The issuing bodies are primarily state departments of corrections (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections), county and city school districts (Madison Metropolitan in Wisconsin, Dougherty County and Hancock County in Georgia, Bryan County Schools in Georgia, Early County Schools in Georgia), counties (Collier County, DeSoto County), and state mental-health facilities (Illinois Department of Mental Health). Procurement notice types include RFB (Request for Bid), RFP (Request for Proposal), ITN (Invitation to Negotiate), and small-purchase quotation processes.

Activity clusters in Texas (TDCJ procurement at Snyder and Wynne food warehouses, Head Start of Greater Dallas, City of Edinburg CACFP program), Georgia (Bartow County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County school systems), Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District), Illinois (Department of Mental Health, Department of Corrections), Florida (Collier County), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and Mississippi (DeSoto County School District). Representative recent procurements include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Fresh Fruit & Vegetables solicitation IW267376 (Palestine facility, due October 19, 2026), Madison Metropolitan School District petite bananas RFB 4162 (70–90 cases weekly, September 2026–June 2027, $78,000 estimated value, bids due July 29, 2026), and Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center fresh-produce RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 (bi-weekly deliveries under small business set-aside, due September 3, 2026). Delivery cadences range from weekly to bi-weekly, with most contracts running calendar or school-year terms (July–June or September–June). Price transparency varies; school districts often post estimated annual values, while correctional and mental-health facilities frequently withhold contract amounts in the notice.