UNSPSC 50311704: Organic cavendish bananas

The variety of organic bananas known as organic cavendish bananas

UNSPSC 50311704 Organic cavendish bananas is a Commodity code that captures state and local government procurement of fresh bananas for school food service, institutional dining, and park concession operations. The concrete work being solicited under this code reflects steady demand from school districts and county recreation departments for fresh banana supply, typically integrated into broader fresh-produce or food-service contracts. Madison Metropolitan School District's petite-banana RFB (Solicitation 4162, due July 29, 2026) exemplifies the specificity of banana procurement — the District specified 70–90 cases weekly during school sessions, sized 5" to 5.5" in length at color stages 3.5 to 4.5 per the Chiquita banana color guide, with delivery to the Food Production Center at 4711 Pflaum Road between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and an estimated annual contract value of $78,000. School nutrition departments dominate recent activity under this code, alongside county parks departments and health-care coalition food services that source fresh fruit and vegetables as part of operational procurement.

Recent opportunities span Wisconsin, Georgia, and Florida. Madison Metropolitan School District issued the petite-banana RFB noted above alongside a broader Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks RFB (4163, due July 29, 2026) requiring produce sourced within Wisconsin and 400 miles of Madison; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia posted a fresh-produce IFB (SY27, due June 26, 2026) covering over 200 line items of fresh produce including multiple fruit varieties; Bartow County School System in Georgia sought local fresh fruits and vegetables via RFP 10-2026-019 (due June 22, 2026) requiring sourcing within 400 miles; Collier County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued an ITN for North Collier Regional Park food services (258360, due March 6, 2025); and Marion Health Care Coalition (state not specified in source) sought produce proposals for 2026-2027 (due August 21, 2026). School-based food-service contracts typically weight cost heavily (35–40% of evaluation) alongside compliance with HACCP food safety plans, delivery reliability, and in some districts, local or diverse-vendor preferences.