UNSPSC 50405322: Pink onions

Variety of onions known as pink onions.

UNSPSC 50405322 Pink onions (Commodity) covers produce supplied to school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and institutional food service operations. State and local procurement under this code centers on fresh vegetable supply for meal service, not specialty agricultural sales or wholesale commodity trading. Recent solicitations show school districts and related child-nutrition agencies soliciting multiple produce vendors as part of broader fresh-produce contracts that specify onions alongside apples, carrots, lettuce, potatoes, and tomatoes. The code sits within a larger food-service procurement ecosystem where pink onions compete for line-item awards in comprehensive produce bids rather than standalone contracts. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (elementary through high school districts in multiple states), followed by special-purpose child care and senior nutrition programs and state institutional facilities (criminal justice, public health). Georgia school districts appear most active in recent posted opportunities, with multiple county boards of education issuing fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs; Texas school districts and state procurement offices also regularly solicit produce including onions for USDA child nutrition reimbursable programs and state institution food service.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas, with recent opportunities from Bartow County, Bulloch County, Bryan County, Douglas County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, and Liberty County school systems in Georgia; Dougherty County and Liberty County boards in Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia; McAllen Independent School District, Northside Independent School District, and Austin Independent School District in Texas; Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Opportunities reflect both open competitive procurement and cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative. Representative recent opportunities include Bulloch County Board of Education (RFP for local fresh produce, due May 4, 2026), Bryan County School Nutrition Program (sealed bid for fresh produce including onions at 790+ estimated cases, due May 27, 2026), Glynn County Board of Education (IFB 27-02 for fresh produce, due April 14, 2026), and Muscogee County School District (ITB 26-017 for produce items, due April 27, 2026). Many solicitations weight cost at 30–40 percent and require pricing indexed to USDA market reports; local-sourcing and geographic-preference provisions appear in 30–50 percent of recent opportunities, often with 200–400 mile sourcing radii and state-preference designations for Georgia or Texas-grown produce where cost and quality align.