UNSPSC 50402208: Tokyo bunching onions

The variety of bunching onions known as tokyo bunching onions

UNSPSC 50402208 Tokyo bunching onions is a Commodity code naming a single fresh produce item. State and local governments procure bunching onions as part of broader food service and nutrition operations — kitchens at corrections facilities, mental health centers, state-supported living centers, school districts, and senior service programs. The code appears primarily in composite food and produce solicitations rather than as a standalone line item; when bunching onions are specified by name (as in the Illinois Department of Corrections Joliet Treatment Center procurement and the Bryan County Schools fresh produce bid), they are one component of a comprehensive weekly or seasonal produce delivery. Recent opportunities show state and local jurisdictions buying fresh produce weekly or bi-weekly under USDA quality standards, with vendors required to deliver cleaned, inspected, and temperature-controlled items meeting food safety regulations and often supporting institutional meal programs (school lunch, breakfast, corrections food service, senior nutrition). Issuing bodies span Texas state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Illinois state correctional and mental health facilities, Georgia school districts and county boards of education, Florida county parks departments, Wisconsin school districts, and Texas-based child care organizations. Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Health and Human Services Commission appear as repeat buyers posting multiple fresh produce and fresh vegetable solicitations in recent months.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. Texas leads with multiple TDCJ fresh fruit and vegetable procurement notices for food warehouses at Snyder, Wynne, and Palestine (IFB IW267376, IW267420, IW267411, posted September–October 2026) and HHSC solicitations for consumables and food service groceries at state-supported living centers in Lufkin and Mexia (IFB HHS0018082, HHS0017872, HHS0017799, HHS0017798, posted August–October 2026). Georgia school districts including Bartow County, Dougherty County, Early County, and Bryan County Schools issued fresh produce RFPs and IFBs (May–June 2026) specifying local sourcing within 400 miles and competitive bid evaluation on cost, seasonal variety, quality, and delivery performance. Illinois Department of Corrections (Joliet Treatment Center, solicitation 27426DOCJOLIEB53849, posted August 2026) and Illinois Department of Mental Health (Madden Mental Health Center, solicitation 27444DHSMENTHB53608, posted August 2026) both solicited fresh fruits and vegetables with small business set-asides and prevailing-wage compliance requirements. Additional activity includes Madison Metropolitan School District Wisconsin (RFB 4163, July 2026, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks for USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program with 400-mile sourcing requirement and 5 percent diverse-owned business preference), Collier County Florida (ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park, posted October 2026), and Head Start of Greater Dallas (IFB 26-GP for grocery products including produce, June 2026, $969,460.94 total estimated value). Response dates in recent opportunities range from early June through October 2026.