UNSPSC 50321702: Dried baby bananas

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

UNSPSC 50321702 Dried baby bananas is a Commodity code covering specialty dried fruit products purchased by state and local school nutrition programs. School districts and state corrections agencies soliciting under this code buy dried and fresh produce items for institutional food service, with dried baby bananas appearing alongside broader fresh produce line items in cafeteria and nutrition center supply contracts. Recent solicitations show that school boards and state food-service operations source these items as part of larger commodity buys that include fresh fruit, vegetables, proteins, and processed foods. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (such as Hancock County Schools in Georgia), municipal school boards (City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state departments managing institutional food supply (Georgia and Texas corrections and food-supply programs), and multi-location institutional feeding operations. The market serves K–12 nutrition programs, prison cafeteria operations, and state-managed food distribution centers.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Connecticut. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, requesting fresh produce bids with a response deadline of June 26, 2026, for the 2026–27 school year, covering over 200 line items and delivery to three school sites. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities under IFB BNB053266 on June 2, 2026, with responses due June 26, 2026, for 115 line items to supply the Board of Education Nutrition Center. The State of Georgia issued a broader food-and-supplies solicitation (May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procured cafeteria food products through the Statewide Procurement Division (due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum), plus a separate prunes-only buy (IW236532, due February 20, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed items appear across school-based solicitations. Contracts typically run one school or fiscal year with firm fixed pricing; awards often go to single or multiple vendors based on lowest responsive bid or best value.