UNSPSC 50311712: Organic pisang mas bananas

The variety of organic bananas known as organic pisang mas bananas

UNSPSC 50311712 Organic pisang mas bananas is a Commodity code that describes specialty banana procurement for school nutrition programs. State and local governments buy organic pisang mas bananas—small, sweet banana varieties typically 5" to 5.5" in length—primarily through school district food service contracts that support child nutrition and federal meal programs. Recent solicitations show school districts specifying precise ripeness ranges (Chiquita color stages 3.5 through 4.5), case pack configurations (typically 150 units per case), internal temperature requirements (55°F or above at delivery), and stringent fill-rate guarantees (98% minimum compliance with 24-hour substitute provisions for rejected shipments). The issuing bodies are exclusively school districts—Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bartow County School System in Georgia, Bulloch County School District in Georgia, and others—procuring under school nutrition contracts that bundle fresh produce across multiple commodity codes. These districts typically evaluate vendors on cost (30–50 percent weighting), product quality and availability, delivery reliability, vendor qualifications and experience, and past performance. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises appear in recent opportunities; however, diverse-owned business firm documentation and affirmative action compliance are standard evaluation criteria. All vendors must submit HACCP plans, maintain minimum liability insurance ($500,000 to $1,000,000), and comply with Buy American provisions and USDA food safety standards.

Activity under this code clusters in the Southeast, particularly Georgia and Wisconsin, where school districts have posted RFBs and RFPs for fresh produce procurement in the spring and summer of 2026. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026) soliciting weekly deliveries of 70–90 cases of petite bananas for a September 2026–June 2027 contract term with an estimated annual value of $78,000, and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB #SN002-2027 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) encompassing over 200 fresh produce line items including multiple banana varieties as part of a broader school nutrition procurement for the 2026–2027 fiscal year. Opportunities specify Monday–Friday early-morning delivery windows (typically 5:00–7:00 a.m.), precise packaging requirements tied to school food service operational needs, and performance metrics including on-time delivery and product freshness guarantees. This code shows strong recent activity driven by back-to-school procurement cycles and federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding, with contracts typically running July 1 through June 30 to align with school fiscal years.