UNSPSC 50341702: Frozen baby bananas

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

UNSPSC 50341702 Frozen baby bananas is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty frozen fruit products—particularly individually quick frozen or similar preservation formats—procured by state and local school districts, state health agencies, and county food service operations to support child nutrition programs, institutional feeding, and specialized dietary applications. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers soliciting frozen fruit alongside broader grocery procurement, though frozen baby bananas appear most commonly as a line item within larger produce or frozen-food aggregations rather than as standalone procurements. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and state supported living centers that include frozen fruit categories; the Head Start of Greater Dallas sought frozen foods as part of its Child and Adult Care Food Program procurement; and several school districts in Georgia (Bulloch County, Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, and others) have embedded frozen produce within comprehensive school nutrition food bids. The issuing-body mix is dominated by school districts and regional educational cooperatives, with secondary activity from state institutional feeding programs (mental health facilities, corrections, and long-term care centers). State health and human services agencies account for a smaller but material share, particularly in Texas.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and California, with Texas the most visible market—HHSC and state-supported living centers post regularly for supplemental food aggregations that routinely include frozen fruit categories. Georgia school districts collectively represent the next-largest activity cluster, with multiple districts (Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Decatur, Douglas County, Hancock County, Henry County, and Fulton County) soliciting fresh and frozen produce on overlapping or staggered annual cycles. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for supplemental food and consumable products for El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical spend of $1.5 million and a July 13, 2026 response date; Head Start of Greater Dallas IFB 26-GP for approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods and produce with an estimated procurement value of $969,460.94 and a June 24, 2026 sealed-bid deadline; Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri seeking over 900 line items of grocery items with electronic submission by April 29, 2026; and multiple Georgia school districts (Bulloch County, Douglas County through a GEC cooperative, and Hancock County) posting fresh-produce or food-supply RFPs and IFBs on 30-to-60-day cycles throughout the first half of 2026, with awards typically issued 60–90 days after bid opening. The code sees steady quarterly activity but no evidence of high-dollar sole-source or limited-competition opportunities; procurement is open competitive and price-driven across all issuing bodies.