UNSPSC 50321701: Dried apple bananas

The variety of bananas known as apple bananas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50321701 Dried apple bananas (Commodity) covers dried fruit products that state and local governments purchase primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. Recent solicitations show school districts and state departments of criminal justice sourcing fresh and dried produce for cafeteria operations, though the recent opportunities block contains limited direct activity specifically under dried apple bananas — the concrete examples span broader fresh produce and processed food categories. Hancock County Schools in Georgia, the City of Bridgeport in Connecticut, the State of Georgia, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have all posted solicitations for food service commodities in the past four months, with school lunch programs and correctional facility dining emerging as the primary end-use sectors. Issuing bodies span independent school districts, municipal purchasing offices coordinating on behalf of boards of education, state departments, and state criminal justice agencies. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products appear consistently across school nutrition RFBs, and MBE/CBE certifications are sometimes applicable under local ordinances.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia), the City of Bridgeport (Connecticut), and the State of Georgia posted fresh and processed produce solicitations with June 2026 response dates, while the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Statewide Procurement Division, issued Invitation for Bid 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across multiple Texas distribution points with a May 4, 2026 deadline (original April 21 date extended via Addendum No. 2). The TDCJ also issued Bid No. IW236532 in April 2026 for whole, pitted dried prunes (60–70 count, U.S. Grade B, minimum 1,400 boxes) for delivery in Corpus Christi, with Amendment No. 1 moving the response date to February 20, 2026. School district RFBs typically award to single or multiple vendors at the lowest responsive and responsible price, require HACCP plans and E-Verify authorization, and impose firm pricing for the contract period with delivery to multiple school sites. The code shows activity but limited volume of opportunities specifically tagged as dried apple bananas; most recent procurement falls under broader fresh and processed produce categories.