UNSPSC 50371706: Canned or jarred organic green bananas

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

UNSPSC 50371706 Canned or jarred organic green bananas is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent procurement activity in state and local government. The one recent opportunity directly aligned with the code is the Oregon Department of Corrections' canned fruit applesauce solicitations (ITB S-29100-00017453 in July 2026 and ITB S-29100-00016975 in May 2026), which procured approximately 4,760 and 1,904 cases respectively of canned applesauce meeting USDA 2011 commodity specifications for delivery to ODOC's Central Distribution Center in Salem. However, the broader pool of recent state and local opportunities tagged under or adjacent to this code reveals that governments are purchasing shelf-stable canned and packaged food items—including canned vegetables, proteins, fruits, and applesauce—through county nutrition departments, state institutional food service operations, and school district procurement offices. The issuing bodies include county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois), county purchasing offices (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), cities (Bridgeport, Connecticut), and special-purpose institutional suppliers. The Gwinnett County RFQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (PE77023NONST2027000000782, due October 19, 2026) exemplifies typical purchasing: the county sought peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, soups, and canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services, with delivery to a single facility and strict quality and delivery requirements.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mountain West. Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County schools, State of Georgia) and Oregon (ODOC) account for multiple recent solicitations; Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Austin ISD) and Illinois (State of Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy) also show repeated activity. Connecticut and other scattered jurisdictions appear once or twice. Response deadlines for representative opportunities ranged from May through October 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections applied a combined 10 percent preference (5 percent for Oregon-fabricated goods, 5 percent for Oregon-headquartered bidders) on both applesauce solicitations, with historical pricing around $21.82–$21.84 per case awarded to prior vendors Robbins Sales and MJ Kellner. Most institutional food procurement involves competitive bidding on fixed-price, FOB-destination terms with delivery within 30–72 hours to centralized distribution centers or individual facilities, compliance with USDA and FDA standards, and insurance and bonding requirements. Set-asides such as Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic content for processed goods) and MBE/CBE certifications appear in school nutrition and city nutrition center procurements but are not standard across the code.