UNSPSC 50361714: Canned or jarred saba bananas

The variety of bananas known as saba bananas that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361714 Canned or jarred saba bananas, a Commodity code, shows minimal direct recent activity; instead, state and local governments procuring under this code's parent classification are actually buying a much broader mix of canned and preserved fruit products—applesauce, pears, and general canned fruit—as components of food service supply contracts. The recent solicitations reflect school districts, corrections departments, state health agencies, and other institutional food service operations bundling preserved fruit into larger commodity or grocery procurement vehicles rather than sourcing saba bananas specifically. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with multiple districts (Hancock County, Bridgeport, Austin ISD, Rockwood R-VI, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Fairfax County in Virginia) posting food service RFPs and IFBs that reference canned fruit as one line item within broader nutrition contracts. Corrections and state health agencies—Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office—also procure preserved fruit for institutional meal programs. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and the Southeast, with additional activity in Oregon, Connecticut, Missouri, and Virginia.

The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 on July 10, 2026, due July 31, 2026, requesting 4,760 cases of canned applesauce delivered to its Central Distribution Center in Salem, with a 10% Oregon-preference incentive and a historical price of $21.84 per case. Earlier, ODOC solicited canned fruit pears in February 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, serving state hospitals and supported living centers, issued IFB HHS0016792V2 in May 2026 covering 210 line items including canned goods across multiple facilities statewide, with a maximum three-year contract value of $4.5 million and an anticipated award around the contract start date. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products spanning approximately 382 line items across five geographic areas, with response due May 4, 2026. School nutrition procurements universally specify Buy American requirements (51% domestic content for processed products) and compliance with USDA commodity standards, and most employ firm fixed pricing with delivery to central distribution or individual school sites.