UNSPSC 50301717: Purple bananas

Variety of bananas known as purple bananas

UNSPSC 50301717 Purple bananas is a Commodity code. State and local school districts, child nutrition programs, and senior service agencies buy fresh fruit under this code to support meal service operations, with recent solicitations spanning school lunch programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) services, and federally funded nutrition initiatives. The City of Edinburg, Texas is procuring bananas and other produce as part of a five-category CACFP meal supply RFP due August 4, 2026, while Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin is soliciting bids specifically for petite bananas (150-count case packs, 5" to 5.5" in length at ripeness stages 3.5–4.5) for school nutrition with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000 and bids due July 29, 2026. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, Hillsborough County Public Schools, and others across multiple states, supplemented by regional cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts. Head Start of Greater Dallas and similar child care operators also procure fruit under the code to meet CACFP nutrition standards.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Oregon, with particular density in Georgia school districts issuing fresh produce bids through standard IFB and RFP processes. Representative opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's petite banana RFP (RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time) evaluating cost at 40% and organization qualifications and experience at 15%, the City of Edinburg CACFP meal program RFP (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) weighting cost at 30% and menu quality at 20%, and the GEC Buying Cooperative's fresh produce cooperative RFP (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) covering approximately $5.5 million in annual spending across two Georgia geographic areas on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. Vendors competing under this code face Buy American requirements (7 CFR 210.21(d)), HACCP compliance, liability insurance minimums typically $500,000 to $2,000,000, weekly or bi-weekly delivery logistics to multiple school or program sites, and firm pricing structures with escalation clauses tied to USDA market indices or CPI data.