UNSPSC 50331700: Dried organic bananas

An elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind produced by any of several widely cultivated perennial herbs (genus musa of the family musaceae, the banana family) that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331700 Dried organic bananas is a Class code that encompasses sourcing and supply of dehydrated banana products for institutional food service, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct procurement activity under this specific commodity. The recent opportunities block identifies only one procurement materially related to dried organic bananas — a dried fruits and nuts solicitation from the County of Santa Clara (California) for institutional correction facility food service — alongside multiple fresh produce and general grocery solicitations tagged to this code that focus on whole fruits, vegetables, proteins, and processed foods rather than dried banana products. The state and local issuing bodies soliciting under related dried-fruit and fresh-produce codes span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia; Rockwood R-VI School District, Missouri; Liberty County Board of Education, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Georgia; Douglas County School System, Georgia), county correctional systems (County of Santa Clara, California), state departments and agencies (State of Georgia; Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut). School nutrition programs represent the dominant issuing-body category, followed by state correctional food service operations and specialty purchasing cooperatives serving regional school consortia.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Hancock County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County school systems) and Texas (TDCJ via statewide procurement), with activity also in California, Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia. The County of Santa Clara ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 Dried Fruits and Nuts, posted January 28, 2026, with response due February 5, 2026, is the only solicitation addressing dried-fruit sourcing directly; it called for dried raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans on an all-or-none basis for a five-year term with firm Year 1 pricing and optional annual increases capped by bidder specification. Most other recent opportunities solicited fresh produce, general grocery items, and prepared foods under broader food-service contracts — Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 Master Grocery K-12 (due April 27, 2026); Rockwood School District Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 (due April 29, 2026); and Liberty County Board of Education IFB for Food Products (due April 29, 2026) — rather than dried organic bananas specifically. Buy American provisions requiring domestic agricultural content (typically 51 percent minimum for processed products) and HACCP certification appear standard across school nutrition and correction facility solicitations in this space.