UNSPSC 50425220: Dried white storage onions

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

UNSPSC 50425220 Dried white storage onions, a Commodity code, covers bulk dried legumes and beans procured by state and local institutions for meal service, food programs, and correctional-facility kitchens. Recent state and local solicitations under this code actually target dried beans — pinto, red, black, and kidney varieties — rather than onions, suggesting a tagging mismatch. The work involves supplying institutional food service operations with triple-cleaned, USDA-graded dried legumes in bulk quantities (often 40,000+ pounds per procurement), delivered palletized to state warehouses, correctional facilities, and school meal programs. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, state institutional purchasing offices, city school districts operating child and adult care food programs, and state purchasing divisions managing multi-site food supply chains. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois institutional food programs, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are recent repeat solicitors under this code family.

Geographic spread centers on Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois, with additional activity in the broader Southeast and Southwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued bids for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a 10% evaluation preference (5% for Oregon-fabricated goods, 5% for Oregon-headquartered bidders) and a historical price of $0.493 per pound; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products including dried beans across multiple warehouse locations via IFB 304T-26-300CF with response due May 4, 2026 after addendum extension; Georgia Correctional Industries issued an RFQ for 880-bag kidney bean increments with response due October 9, 2026; and the City of Edinburg, Texas, solicited food and nonfood items for a Child and Adult Care Food Program serving 400 children daily under RFP 2026-017. Delivery is almost universally FOB destination or all-inclusive, with triple-cleaning and USDA Grade A or B certification standard. Insurance (typically $500,000 general liability), FDA and USDA compliance documentation, and compliance-based specification sheets without shorthand notation are consistent requirements across jurisdictions.