UNSPSC 50425211: Dried red baron onions

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

UNSPSC 50425211 Dried red baron onions is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure dried beans and legumes—including kidney beans, black beans, and pinto beans—for institutional food service, correctional facilities, child and adult care programs, and school cafeterias. The recent opportunities show procurement focused on bulk institutional supply: Georgia Correctional Industries is soliciting kidney beans in 880-bag increments with all-inclusive delivery pricing; the Oregon Department of Corrections is requesting approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans triple-cleaned to U.S. No. 2 grade or better, palletized, and FOB destination to its Salem distribution center; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, is procuring cafeteria food products spanning multiple protein, grain, dairy, and vegetable line items across five geographic regions with FOB destination delivery to six warehouses. Issuing bodies include state corrections departments, state food-procurement offices, city and county food-service authorities, and school districts or child-care agencies. The work emphasizes compliance with USDA grading standards, food-safety regulations (FDA, HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practice), detailed packaging and portion specifications, and firm fixed pricing inclusive of all transportation and delivery costs.

Recent activity appears in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois, with the Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice representing the largest recent institutional buyers. The Oregon ODOC procurement (solicitation S2910000017140, RFQ, due June 19, 2026) sought approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans with a 10% combined evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders; the incumbent contractor Intersect USA had supplied beans at $0.493 per pound as of August 2025. The Georgia Correctional Industries RFQ (92100ERFQ0020612027, due October 9, 2026) is procuring kidney beans with strict specification-compliance requirements and a ban on shorthand responses such as "comply" or checkmarks. The Texas TDCJ IFB (304T26300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) encompasses approximately 382 line items of diverse cafeteria foods with single-vendor awards per line item and an initial contract term through August 31, 2027 plus two optional one-year renewals. No recent opportunity explicitly names dried red baron onions; the code shows activity in commodity-adjacent dried-bean and institutional-food-supply categories but limited direct alignment with the nominal code scope.