UNSPSC 50405300: Onions

The type of vegetable known as onions

UNSPSC 50405300 Onions is a Class code that spans the procurement of fresh onions and onion products for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and child care operations. State and local buyers under this code are primarily school districts and school nutrition programs, supplemented by state departments of criminal justice, county school systems, city school districts, Head Start providers, and senior services divisions. The solicitations show onions sourced as bulk commodity items, fresh-cut portions, pre-packaged clamshells, and processed forms for institutional kitchens. Recent opportunities name onions explicitly in produce line-item specifications alongside apples, carrots, and tomatoes in comprehensive fresh-produce contracts; Bryan County Schools (Georgia) and other Georgia school districts specify onion case quantities (790+ cases for Bryan County in a single bid), while Texas TDCJ procurement for bulk white potatoes and carrots indicates similar institutional volume buying patterns for root vegetables used in food service operations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, Utah, and South Carolina, with the heaviest volume in Georgia school districts. Representative recent opportunities include Bryan County School Nutrition Program's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026) specifying 790+ cases of onions among 20+ produce items for school-year 2026–2027 delivery; Bartow County School System's RFP 10-2026-019 for local fresh fruits and vegetables (due June 22, 2026) requiring produce sourced within 400 miles with local-farm sourcing preferences and a $0.20 per pound organic preference discount; and Glynn County Board of Education's sealed-bid fresh-produce contract (due April 14, 2026) covering 60 produce line items with weekly Tuesday deliveries to 16 schools and HACCP/traceability compliance. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (due July 29, 2026) for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks under the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program requires 5,900 weekly servings of pre-cut, inspected, cleaned, and packaged produce delivered within Wisconsin with farm-of-origin labeling and traceability documentation. Texas TDCJ procurement activity (IFB IW253079, IW253121, IW253099) targets bulk commodity procurement for institutional canning and food service across multiple facilities, with responses due mid-to-late June 2026. School-district solicitations emphasize locally grown preferences, Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, and weekly or twice-weekly delivery schedules to multiple school sites; set-asides and disadvantaged-vendor preferences appear in some Georgia and Texas opportunities but are not universal.