UNSPSC 50311707: Organic gros michel bananas

The variety of organic bananas known as organic gros michel bananas

UNSPSC 50311707 Organic gros michel bananas is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh produce items, particularly specialty banana varieties and broader fresh fruit and vegetable supply for institutional food service. State and local governments procuring under this code are overwhelmingly school districts and school nutrition programs sourcing produce to support National School Lunch Programs, School Breakfast Programs, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Programs serving elementary through high school students. Recent solicitations show school districts competing for weekly or seasonal produce contracts ranging from $78,000 annual value for single-item specialty purchases to $4.4 million cooperative buying arrangements across multiple districts. Issuing bodies include independent school districts, county boards of education, and multi-district cooperative purchasing consortia, with Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin showing the heaviest recent activity. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas due July 29, 2026, specifying 70–90 cases weekly in 150-count packs at defined ripeness stages and internal temperatures, with $78,000 estimated annual contract value; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items delivered to three school locations for July 2026–June 2027; and Douglas County School System's cooperative buying RFP for 30 Georgia school districts requesting produce and eggs with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One.

Geographic concentration is strongest in Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Bartow County, Douglas County cooperative) with secondary activity in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District) and Texas (McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District). Scope across solicitations emphasizes compliance requirements including HACCP plans with 24/7 recall accessibility, traceability documentation by farm of origin, Buy American provisions requiring 51% domestic agricultural content in processed items, commercial general liability insurance typically ranging from $500,000 to $2 million, weekly or twice-weekly delivery windows between early morning hours (5:00–7:30 a.m.) and midday (2:00–2:30 p.m.), and fill-rate guarantees of 98% or higher on scheduled deliveries. Evaluation criteria consistently weight cost between 30–50% but also assess vendor qualifications and experience, product quality and freshness standards, delivery reliability, and compliance documentation. School districts increasingly prioritize local or regionally sourced produce within 200–400 miles, whole-grain and low-sodium product formulations, and products free of artificial additives, with some districts offering scoring preferences for diversity certifications, Texas principal place of business, or Good Food Purchasing Program participation.