UNSPSC 50425205: Dried bulb onions

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

UNSPSC 50425205 Dried bulb onions (Commodity) encompasses the procurement of dried onions—typically whole, sliced, or diced forms—for use in institutional food service operations. State and local governments buy dried onions primarily through school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and child care services as component ingredients in meal preparation rather than as standalone retail products. The code sees procurement activity from school districts, state departments of corrections, state agencies, and municipal child nutrition programs, with school districts representing the most frequent recent buyers. Scope of work under the code reflects institutional kitchen supply chains: dried onions appear as line items within broader grocery or food supply solicitations that bundle proteins, grains, produce, dairy, and staple ingredients for cafeteria operations serving hundreds to thousands of daily meals. Representative recent solicitations show the code embedded within larger food procurement efforts—dried pinto and red beans (a close commodity category) appear in the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 ITB for 42,500 pounds at roughly $0.49 per pound, and dried beans feature in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Missouri, with school districts and state corrections agencies driving the majority of recent opportunities. Fairfax County Public Schools issued an IFB for Master Grocery K-12 (April 2026, bids due April 27) covering 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens across Virginia; the City of Edinburg, Texas solicited CACFP meal program supplies (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026) for approximately 400 children daily; and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri issued a child nutrition grocery bid (March 2026, due April 29) encompassing over 900 line items for 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted a second dried-bean ITB (June 2026) for 42,500 pounds with a June 26 deadline, and Muscogee County School District in Georgia solicited fresh produce and staple items (March 2026, due April 27) covering approximately 60 produce line items. Pricing for commodity-adjacent dried goods in recent corrections bids ranges from $0.43 to $0.49 per pound. No recent solicitations explicitly name dried bulb onions as a standalone line item, suggesting the commodity trades as part of bundled grocery or food supply contracts rather than as a direct-purchase category.