UNSPSC 50405313: Rijnsberger onions

The variety of onions known as rijnsberger onions

UNSPSC 50405313 Rijnsberger onions, a Commodity code, covers the procurement of fresh onions for institutional food service — primarily school nutrition programs, child care providers, and corrections systems. State and local governments soliciting under this code are predominantly school districts and educational institutions, alongside corrections agencies and social-service organizations managing bulk foodservice operations. The work solicited ranges from small fresh-produce snacks for elementary school fresh-fruit programs to large-volume onion procurement for cafeteria meal prep and processing for canning in correctional facilities.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Missouri, and other states. The Bryan County Schools issued a sealed bid for produce including 790+ cases of onions (April 2026); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited both bulk carrots and sweet potatoes for canning, products often paired with onions in institutional meal production (March–June 2026); and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida sought specialty fresh produce including onions for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program serving elementary students (with award expected August 2026). Larger multi-vendor RFPs such as Douglas County Schools' cooperative procurement for 30 Georgia districts (estimated $4.4 million for Area One alone, due March 2026) and McAllen Independent School District's produce contract for 31 Texas campuses (due March 2026) routinely specify onions alongside broader fresh-produce needs. Smaller single-district IFBs, including Liberty County Schools (Georgia, April 2026) and Muscogee County Schools (Georgia, April 2026), request line-item pricing on fresh onions as part of annual school nutrition contracts. Pricing benchmarks in recent solicitations reference USDA terminal-market indices and Atlanta market-price reports; delivery is typically weekly to school sites during operating hours, with FOB-destination terms and no fuel surcharges. School-district set-asides for local or diverse suppliers appear in some RFPs (Georgia's local-grown preferences, Texas HUB status scoring), though no federal small-business or MBE carve-outs are noted in the recent block.