UNSPSC 50341710: Frozen manzano bananas

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

UNSPSC 50341710 Frozen manzano bananas is a Commodity code representing a specialized frozen fruit product that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition programs, institutional food service contracts, and social service agencies serving vulnerable populations. Recent solicitations show that frozen bananas are typically bundled within larger grocery and food supply bids rather than sourced as standalone line items; the code appears tangentially in school lunch, Head Start, state hospital, and correctional facility food service procurements but is not the primary focus of any recent opportunity. The mix of issuing bodies acquiring food products that may include frozen manzano bananas spans school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Rockwood R-VI, Hancock County, Early County, Decatur, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Henry County, Fulton County, Douglas County in Georgia; Hillsborough County in Florida), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC serving state hospitals and state-supported living centers), Head Start child care programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas), county correctional facilities (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department of Correction, Oregon Department of Corrections), and independent school systems across multiple states. Geographic spread encompasses Texas, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, and California, with the densest recent activity in Georgia school nutrition procurement and Texas institutional food service.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 Groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), covering approximately 110 line items of proteins, prepared foods, dairy, pantry staples, beverages, and packaging materials with a prior-year spend baseline of $32,226.36; the City of Bridgeport's grocery procurement for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (due June 30, 2026), spanning over 1,100 line items under Buy American requirements and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act standards with weekly deliveries to a central warehouse and school sites; Head Start of Greater Dallas' IFB 26-GP for grocery products supporting Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements, with bids due June 24, 2026 and an estimated procurement value of $969,460.94 over the initial year; and the Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services, requiring a main-line food service distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 and a February 18, 2026 proposal deadline. The source shows no opportunities explicitly tagged with frozen manzano bananas as the primary commodity, indicating the code sees little direct procurement activity; frozen bananas, where specified, are components of broader food-supply and grocery contracts evaluated on total price and service capability rather than individual fruit line items.