UNSPSC 50371700: Canned or jarred organic bananas

An elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind produced by any of several widely cultivated perennial herbs (genus musa of the family musaceae, the banana family) that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50371700 Canned or jarred organic bananas is a Class code that in practice spans broader canned and jarred fruit procurement by state and local governments—most recent opportunities show state corrections departments, school districts, and health and human services agencies buying canned applesauce, canned fruit, and fresh produce rather than bananas specifically. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and recent solicitation activity suggests the code is underutilized or misapplied in state and local procurement systems; actual fruit purchasing operates across multiple codes and focuses on fresh produce, commodity items for institutional food service, and bulk canned goods procured under broader food supply contracts rather than single-product line items. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, independent school districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and regional school purchasing cooperatives. Oregon Department of Corrections and several Texas agencies (HHSC, TDCJ, Dallas ISD) appear repeatedly in recent activity, and school districts dominate the volume of fruit and produce solicitations across the dataset.

Geographic concentration shows heavy activity in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Connecticut, with school nutrition programs in those states driving sustained procurement across fresh and processed fruit categories. Representative recent opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for canned applesauce (4,760 cases, due July 31, 2026, with a 5% Oregon-goods preference and 5% resident-bidder preference for a combined 10% total preference); Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026); and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across two Georgia areas (approximately $4.4 million Area One, $1.1 million Area Two, proposals due March 4, 2026). School districts and corrections departments command the largest volumes, with district-wide, as-needed purchasing structures and Buy American requirements (minimum 51% domestic content for processed fruit products) standard across education procurements.