UNSPSC 50402211: Winter-over bunching onions

The variety of bunching onions known as winter-over bunching onions

UNSPSC 50402211 Winter-over bunching onions, a Commodity code, describes fresh produce procurement for institutional food service operations across state and local food-distribution networks. State and local governments buying under this code procure onions and other fresh vegetables as components of broader food-service solicitations — typically bundled with other produce, proteins, dairy, and food-service supplies for correctional facilities, mental health centers, state supported living centers, schools, parks departments, and senior services. The work involves supply contracts with specified quality standards, delivery schedules, and compliance with food-safety regulations; vendors quote unit or case pricing on fixed, multi-item product lists and deliver to central warehouses or individual institutional sites on F.O.B. Destination terms.

Issuing bodies include state corrections departments (particularly the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which has posted multiple fresh-produce solicitations since June 2026), state health and human services commissions (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state supported living centers), school districts and school nutrition programs (Madison Metropolitan School District, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Early County, and Bryan County school systems in Georgia), state mental health departments (Illinois Department of Mental Health), county government (Collier County Parks and Recreation), municipalities (City of San Antonio), and federal Head Start child-care programs. The geographic spread centers on Texas and Georgia, with additional activity in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 (October 2026) for consumables including produce for Lufkin State Supported Living Center, due October 23, 2026; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's multiple fresh-fruit-and-vegetable RFPs for correctional food warehouses (Palestine, Snyder, and Wynne locations) with responses due in October 2026; the Illinois Department of Corrections' IFB 27426DOCJOLIEB53849 (August 2026) for bi-weekly fresh produce including onions and green onions to Joliet Treatment Center with small-business set-aside, due September 3, 2026; Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (July 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles and Wisconsin, due July 29, 2026; and Bartow County Schools' RFP 10-2026-019 (May 2026) for local fresh fruits and vegetables sourced within 400 miles for the 2026-2027 school year, due June 22, 2026. Onion line items typically appear in larger food-service bundles rather than standalone procurement, with estimated annual volumes ranging from a few cases to several hundred cases depending on the facility size and institutional mission.