UNSPSC 50311713: Organic red bananas

The variety of organic bananas known as organic red bananas

UNSPSC 50311713 Organic red bananas (Commodity) covers fresh specialty fruit procurement by state and local school nutrition programs—specifically petite bananas and small-format fruit units for student meal service. Recent solicitations show school districts purchasing bananas as component products within broader fresh produce contracts rather than as standalone specialty commodities; the single dedicated banana solicitation names petite units (5" to 5.5" length, 150-count cases) for Madison Metropolitan School District at an estimated annual value of $78,000 over a nine-month school year. The code reflects narrow, product-specific buying within the much larger school nutrition produce landscape, where bananas appear as line items in multi-item RFP and IFB packages spanning 60–400+ produce SKUs per district contract.

School nutrition programs across Georgia, Wisconsin, and Texas dominate recent activity. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) issued RFB 4162 for petite bananas due July 29, 2026, requiring weekly deliveries of 70–90 cases at 98 percent fill rate, HACCP certification, and $1 million liability insurance. In Georgia, Hancock County Board of Education, Glynn County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System (serving 30 cooperative districts) all posted produce bids in March and April 2026 naming bananas among dozens of items, typically as 1,000–1,500-case annual line items. Austin Independent School District (Texas) and McAllen Independent School District (Texas) issued RFPs for fresh produce including bananas in February and March 2026. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas; Wisconsin, Florida, and multi-state cooperative procurements represent secondary activity. School districts standardly require domestic sourcing where cost and quality support it, Buy American compliance on processed items, HACCP plans, commercial liability insurance ($1–2 million), weekly delivery windows (typically 6:00–7:30 a.m. to central receiving), and pricing firm for 12-month terms with prospective redetermination tied to USDA market indices.