UNSPSC 50351701: Frozen organic apple bananas

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

UNSPSC 50351701 Frozen organic apple bananas, a Commodity code, encompasses fresh and frozen fruit procurement by state and local school districts and municipal food service operations. While the code's title specifies frozen organic apple bananas, the recent solicitations tagged under it predominantly track general grocery and produce purchasing for child nutrition programs — a signal of either tagging drift or administrative bundling of related commodity lines within broader food-service solicitations. The actual work being bought includes fresh apples (multiple varieties including Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, and Honey Crisp), berries, bananas, frozen fruit products, and supplementary fresh produce (vegetables, citrus, melons, leafy greens) as part of comprehensive line-by-line food supply contracts. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education — the Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), and the Douglas County School System (Georgia serving as administrator for a 30-district cooperative) — along with municipal education departments such as the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) and the State of Georgia. The mix reflects heavy school-nutrition-program concentration, with occasional municipal and state purchasing.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Missouri, with secondary representation in Connecticut and state-level procurement. Representative solicitations include the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with over 200 line items and a June 26, 2026 response date; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's Bid 26-34 (April 23, 2026 deadline) spanning 72 fresh and processed produce items; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (March 4, 2026 deadline) for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts through the GEC Buying Cooperative with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million. The City of Bridgeport's BNB052266 (June 30, 2026 deadline) solicited over 1,100 line items of grocery products including frozen items under National School Lunch Program compliance. All solicitations require Buy American compliance (51 percent domestic content), HACCP plans, firm fixed pricing for the contract period (typically July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027), liability insurance minimums of $1 million per occurrence, and delivery to multiple school sites Monday through Friday during standard operating hours. Pricing must include all packing and transportation with no separate fuel surcharges permitted.