UNSPSC 50341709: Frozen lady finger banana

The variety of bananas known as lady finger banana that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341709 Frozen lady finger banana, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within the frozen fruit category that state and local governments buy primarily for institutional food service—school districts, state hospitals, state supported living centers, corrections facilities, senior services programs, and child care agencies. While the code specifically names frozen lady finger banana, the recent solicitation activity does not show procurement of that exact product. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code span a broader institutional food procurement pattern: state and local buyers are actively sourcing frozen vegetables, frozen fruits, and general frozen food products as line items within larger composite food-service bids covering proteins, dairy, produce, and prepared items for meal programs. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments (Texas HHSC for multiple state hospitals and supported living centers), state departments of corrections, county boards of education, municipal school districts, Head Start agencies, and county senior services departments. These buyers consolidate frozen commodity procurement into larger institutional food contracts rather than purchasing frozen bananas as a standalone line item.

Geographic concentration centers on Texas, which dominates the recent activity through HHSC's multiple fiscal-year bids for state facilities statewide, followed by Georgia (Gwinnett County senior services, Hancock County and Early County school districts), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Florida (Collier County parks and recreation), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), New Jersey (Department of Human Services frozen-vegetable rebid), and Texas Head Start programs. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's frozen food products bid (IFB HHS0017338, August 18, 2026, estimated $9 million annually with up to $19 million over the full term) for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026) for senior services; and Collier County's Invitation to Negotiate for food services at North Collier Regional Park (ITN, March 6, 2025). The code shows active procurement cycles clustered in summer and early fall, reflecting school-year and fiscal-year budget cycles. Pricing in recent bids ranges from historical baselines of $32,226 annually for single-facility grocery procurement to estimated annual volumes exceeding $9 million for statewide frozen-product contracts serving multiple institutions.