UNSPSC 50301713: Red bananas

The variety of bananas known as red bananas

UNSPSC 50301713 Red bananas (Commodity) is a narrow product code within the produce family that sees limited standalone solicitation activity; instead, red bananas and other fresh produce appear most frequently in broader food-service procurement covering fruit and vegetable supply to institutional buyers—schools, correctional facilities, mental health centers, senior services, and regional park concessions. The recent opportunities block shows no standalone red-banana solicitations; rather, bananas appear as line items within multi-produce contracts, most notably Madison Metropolitan School District's petite-banana RFB (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026, estimated at $78,000 annually for 150-count case packs). State and local buyers treat banana supply as part of child nutrition programs, correctional and institutional food service, and general grocery procurement rather than as a discrete commodity. Issuing bodies include school districts (Madison Metropolitan, Bridgeport Board of Education, Early County, Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County), state correctional and mental health departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Illinois Department of Corrections), county governments (Collier County), cities (Bridgeport, San Antonio, Edinburg), and food-service operators (Head Start of Greater Dallas, Marion Health Care Coalition).

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Mississippi, driven largely by school-lunch procurement cycles and institutional food-service contracting. Representative opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations for Palestine and Snyder food warehouses (IW267376 and IW267420, both due October 2026), the Illinois Department of Corrections fresh produce quote for Joliet Treatment Center (RFQ 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, small-business set-aside, due September 3, 2026), the Madison Metropolitan School District petite-banana RFB at $78,000 annually, and broad multi-vendor school nutrition produce bids in Georgia (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County) spanning May through June 2026. The grocery-items procurement by Bridgeport Board of Education (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP, approximately $969,461, due June 24, 2026) embed produce within larger food-service contracts. Banana supply activity aligns with academic-year school calendars and fiscal cycles; pursuit viability depends on serving institutional food buyers at scale rather than competing solely on the red-banana commodity itself.