UNSPSC 50405318: Torpedo or red italian onions

The variety of onions known as torpedo or red italian onions

UNSPSC 50405318 Torpedo or red Italian onions is a Commodity code covering the procurement of specific fresh onion varieties for institutional food service and nutrition programs. State and local governments buying under this code are sourcing fresh produce directly for school nutrition programs, early childhood education facilities, senior services, and correctional institutions, with deliveries typically requiring temperature control, traceability documentation, and compliance with USDA food safety standards. Recent solicitations show onions specified alongside broader fresh-produce categories rather than as standalone line items; the code captures individual produce commodities within larger school meal, child nutrition, and institutional food service contracts where vendors bid unit prices and case quantities across comprehensive vegetable assortments.

School districts across Georgia, Texas, and Florida dominate recent activity, with issuing bodies including Bartow County School System, Bryan County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and Hillsborough County Public Schools. Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Northside Independent School District, and other large districts have posted RFPs and sealed-bid solicitations for fresh produce spanning July 2026 through June 2027 school-year contracts, most with options for renewal. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple narrow IFBs for white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots for institutional canning operations, though these are separate from the onion commodity. Representative opportunities include Bryan County School Nutrition Program (sealed bid due May 27, 2026, seeking 790+ cases of onions among 15 produce items), Bartow County School System (RFP due June 22, 2026, with local-farm sourcing within 400 miles), and McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029 for multiple fresh-produce vendors across 31 campuses). Most school districts weight cost at 30–50 percent of evaluation, impose 400-mile or 200-mile local-sourcing preferences where specified, require HACCP certification and traceability documentation, and demand weekly or twice-weekly delivery schedules. Payment terms are typically Net 30 days from delivery or invoice receipt, with contracts running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and renewal options for up to four additional one-year terms. Pricing is firm for the initial contract period with prospective adjustments permitted after six to twelve months based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data; delivery to central warehouses or individual school sites with no fuel surcharges permitted is standard across all recent solicitations.