UNSPSC 50405321: Yellow storage onions

The variety of onions known as yellow storage onions

UNSPSC 50405321 Yellow storage onions is a Commodity code that sits beneath a broader fresh-produce family and captures what state and local governments purchase when they need packaged, stored onions for institutional food service — school lunch programs, detention facilities, senior centers, and child care operations. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show school districts and government food service operations buying onions as line items within comprehensive fresh-produce and grocery awards, alongside carrots, potatoes, lettuce, and other staples. The issuing bodies are predominantly school nutrition programs (elementary and secondary districts across Georgia, Texas, and Missouri), county board of education systems, state criminal justice departments, child care networks, and municipal senior services, reflecting the institutional food-service concentration in state and local procurement of commodity produce.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Texas, and Missouri, where school nutrition programs and detention facilities issue the bulk of recent solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include the Bartow County School System's RFP for local fresh fruits and vegetables (due June 22, 2026, with a 400-mile sourcing requirement), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for white potatoes for canning (due June 23, 2026), and the Glynn County Board of Education's sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce across 16 school sites (sealed bids due April 14, 2026). The Muscogee County School District (Georgia) issued an ITB for approximately 60 produce line items including onions at a 1.5-case per-week estimated volume. Pricing in school nutrition awards typically uses USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Index pricing with vendor markups or fixed-fee structures; payment terms run Net 30 to Net 40 from delivery. Contract terms are annual (July–June fiscal year) with options for renewal, and successful vendors must carry general liability insurance ($500,000–$2,000,000 minimum), maintain HACCP plans with traceability and 24/7 recall capability, comply with Buy American provisions and federal food safety standards, and deliver weekly to designated school or institutional sites. Most awards are made on a line-item basis allowing multiple vendors per district, and no specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in the recent-opportunity documentation, though cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative supplying 30 districts across Georgia) are active.