UNSPSC 50412200: Organic bunching onions

The type of organic vegetable known as organic bunching onions

UNSPSC 50412200 Organic bunching onions is a Class code that represents a narrow slice of produce procurement—fresh vegetables, specifically onions grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. State and local governments buy under this code as part of broader school nutrition and institutional food service programs, where onions appear as line items within comprehensive fresh-produce solicitations. Recent opportunities show that onions are procured alongside apples, carrots, lettuce, peppers, and other vegetables for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance, not as standalone specialty items. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with a handful of state departments and county education offices also soliciting under related produce codes. Representative recent opportunities include the Early County Board of Education (Georgia) line-item food bid due June 8, 2026, covering approximately 300+ food items including vegetables; Bulloch County School District (Georgia) IFP for locally grown produce (including Vidalia onions specifically named) due May 4, 2026; and Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB for produce and eggs due April 29, 2026, covering onions among 60 line items.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, where multiple school districts—Early County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County—have posted produce solicitations within the recent window. Texas school districts including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio RFP due May 7, 2026) and McAllen Independent School District (RFP due March 6, 2026) also solicit fresh produce competitively. Missouri, Florida, Utah, and Arizona round out the active jurisdictions. The code itself is narrow and specialized; most state and local procurement activity tags produce bundles at higher UNSPSC tiers (fresh-produce families or commodity aggregations) rather than at the individual-produce-item level. Onions appear as a line item within these broader solicitations, typically priced against USDA terminal market indices or submitted on a net-cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor school district nutrition RFPs and IFBs across Georgia and Texas, where farm-to-school and local-produce preferences are explicitly driving procurement strategy.