UNSPSC 50405315: Sturon onions

The variety of onions known as sturon onions

UNSPSC 50405315 Sturon onions, a Commodity code, covers fresh onions procured by state and local governments for institutional food service and child nutrition programs. Recent state and local solicitations show active demand from school districts, correctional facilities, and child nutrition agencies sourcing onions as components of broader fresh produce or cafeteria food contracts. The code captures both standalone onion procurements and line-item inclusion in comprehensive produce or grocery solicitations, with onions appearing in school lunch programs, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program contracts, and institutional food service operations.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Dougherty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bryan County Schools (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Henry County Schools (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), and Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia). State agencies—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the State of Georgia—also procure under related codes. Georgia hosts concentrated activity, with at least eight school districts posting fresh produce or grocery solicitations in the recent window; Texas departments and districts follow. Solicitations span RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notice types, typically posted between February and July 2026. Representative opportunities include the Bryan County School Nutrition Program sealed bid for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026) specifying 790+ cases of onions among multiple produce lines, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW253099 for white potatoes for canning (due June 23, 2026), which establishes institutional bulk procurement patterns that commonly include onions. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (due July 29, 2026) requires Wisconsin-sourced produce within 400 miles and applies a 5% preference to diverse-owned vendors. Geographic preference provisions, local-sourcing mandates within 200–400 miles, and farm-of-origin traceability are recurring terms. School nutrition contracts typically run July 1 through June 30 with one to four renewal options, include HACCP certification and liability insurance requirements, and prioritize USDA Buy American compliance. No recent solicitation identified a standalone onion procurement; onions appear only as line items within larger produce or grocery bids, limiting direct pursuit visibility at this code level.