UNSPSC 50351707: Frozen organic gros michel bananas

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

UNSPSC 50351707 Frozen organic Gros Michel bananas is a Commodity code that nominally designates a single frozen banana product line, yet state and local procurement activity under this code does not center on frozen bananas specifically. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect broad food-service purchasing across school nutrition programs, county senior services, and municipal nutrition departments. The work being solicited encompasses shelf-stable and fresh produce procurement, frozen and refrigerated products, dairy, proteins, grains, and condiments — the full spectrum of institutional food-service supply. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education, Early County Board of Education), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), municipal purchasing offices on behalf of school nutrition services (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases), and state agencies (State of Georgia). The code shows little alignment between its nominal scope and actual procurement activity; the presence of this code on these solicitations appears to reflect broad categorization practices rather than targeted frozen-banana procurement.

Recent opportunities span Georgia and Connecticut. Gwinnett County (Georgia) issued an informal written quote (IWQ) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items with a response deadline of October 19, 2026, for the Department of Community Services. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce across over 200 line items with bids due June 26, 2026, covering multiple apple varieties, berries, cruciferous vegetables, and root crops for delivery to three school sites across the 2026–27 school year. Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), procured through the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, solicited bids on over 1,100 grocery line items subject to Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content, with electronic bids due June 30, 2026, through the OpenGov e-Procurement Portal. Early County Board of Education (Georgia) requested line-by-line bids for 300-plus food items, 60 non-food and paper-cleaning supplies, bread, and fluid milk with bids due June 8, 2026, and contract coverage from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.