UNSPSC 50425203: Dried boiling onions

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

UNSPSC 50425203 Dried boiling onions, a Commodity code, sees limited direct solicitation but sits within a broader food-supply ecosystem where state and local governments buy dried and fresh produce to support school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child-care meal services. The code itself does not appear as a standalone line item in recent opportunities; instead, dried onions surface as one item within larger grocery or produce categories purchased by school districts, state departments of corrections, and municipal child-nutrition programs. Recent solicitations emphasize bulk food procurement for K-12 cafeterias, USDA-compliant meal programs, and institutional food service, where dried vegetables, beans, and produce are combined with proteins, dairy, grains, and condiments in consolidated purchasing.

State education agencies and school districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), alongside state correctional departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice) and municipal child-care programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia, with most recent opportunities posted between January and July 2026. Representative solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 2026, sealed-bid due April 27, 2026), which encompasses multiple grocery categories for 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for dried pinto beans (March 2026, 127,500 pounds, due March 20, 2026 at $0.43 per pound historical pricing); and the Rockwood R-VI School District grocery solicitation (April 2026, over 900 line items for 2026-27, due April 29, 2026). None of these opportunities isolates dried boiling onions as a standalone procurement, suggesting the code's activity occurs within consolidated multi-category food buys where unit pricing or item-level visibility into onion procurement is not consistently disclosed in public notices.