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 individual dried fruit and organic fruit products purchased by state and local education, corrections, and public nutrition programs. State and local governments procuring under this code acquire dried and fresh produce—including organic bananas, dried prunes, and complementary fresh fruits and vegetables—for school nutrition centers, corrections facilities, and other public food service operations. The issuing bodies include school districts, state departments of criminal justice, state departments of education, and city boards of education. Procurement is typically structured as multi-line-item food commodities contracts where dried fruits and bananas are bundled with other proteins, dairy, grains, and fresh produce to support centralized cafeteria and nutrition center operations across multiple delivery locations.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Texas. The Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) posted an IFB on June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties, berries, cruciferous vegetables, and specialty fruits for the 2026–27 school year, with delivery to three school locations and a firm-fixed contract period through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut posted an IFB on June 2, 2026, due June 26, 2026, for commodities to supply the Board of Education Nutrition Center, covering 115 line items across eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products with delivery to the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center and a contract term through June 30, 2027. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, procuring through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, issued an IFB (304T-26-300CF) on May 4, 2026, for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products spanning proteins, frozen specialty entrees, dairy, grains, and fresh and canned vegetables and fruits for delivery to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas, with an initial contract term through August 31, 2027, and two optional one-year renewals. Both Georgia and Texas solicitations impose Buy American requirements mandating a minimum of 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products.