UNSPSC 50321715: Dried sucrier bananas

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

UNSPSC 50321715 Dried sucrier bananas, a Commodity code, captures dried banana products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service — primarily school nutrition programs and correctional facilities. The recent solicitations under this code show school districts and state departments of criminal justice as primary buyers, with scope spanning dried fruits and broader commodity procurement. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia issued an IFB in June 2026 for fresh produce across 200+ line items for the 2026–27 school year, though this entry spans fresh rather than dried banana products and reflects the broader commodity ecosystem in which dried bananas sit. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited prunes and broader cafeteria food products in early 2026 under multiple IFBs, and the State of Georgia issued a commodity food procurement in May 2026. The issuing bodies are school districts, state departments of education nutrition divisions, and state correctional agencies — repeat institutional food-service purchasers operating under Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content thresholds (typically 51 percent for processed products) and compliance with USDA grade standards.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division fielding the most granular commodity solicitation — a May 2026 IFB for 382 line items of cafeteria food products to supply multiple Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouses across five geographic areas, with responses due May 4, 2026, covering proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and fresh and canned vegetables and fruits. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce across three school delivery sites, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases IFB due June 26, 2026, for 115 commodity line items for the Board of Education Nutrition Center further show school nutrition as a primary driver. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice also issued a discrete prune-specific IFB (Bid No. IW236532) with a February 2026 response date, signaling that dried fruit procurement occurs as both embedded line items within broader food commodity IFBs and as standalone solicitations. Buy American compliance, USDA grade certification, firm fixed pricing, and 45-day payment terms appear standard across these opportunities.