UNSPSC 50422201: Dried beltsville bunching onions

The variety of bunching onions known as beltsville bunching onions that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50422201 Dried Beltsville Bunching Onions, a Commodity code, describes specialty dried vegetable products that state and local governments procure primarily as ingredients for institutional food service operations serving schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs. Recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal direct activity for dried onions themselves; instead, the opportunities reveal a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement patterns. The issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), cities (City of Edinburg, Texas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). These entities solicit food products through a mix of RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs, typically with response windows of two to four weeks and performance periods running fiscal or calendar years with optional renewal terms.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, Texas, Virginia, Oregon) and upper Midwest, with standout repeat buyers including the State of Georgia (multiple concurrent procurement cycles), Texas corrections and criminal justice systems, and large school districts in Georgia, Virginia, and Missouri. Representative opportunities include the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) covering weekly delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens with a performance period through June 30, 2027; the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items contract (due April 29, 2026) encompassing over 900 line items across snacks, produce, dairy, and prepared entrees for approximately 7,800 daily meal participants; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products procurement (IFB 304T26300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) spanning approximately 382 food line items across five geographic warehouse distribution points. The code itself shows limited direct relevance—none of the recent opportunities explicitly target dried onions or specialty dried vegetables as primary commodities, suggesting the code either sees sparse state and local activity or is applied inconsistently by procurement offices tagging broader food-supply solicitations.