UNSPSC 50425911: Dried topper shallots

The variety of shallots known as topper shallots that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425911 Dried topper shallots is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty dried vegetable ingredients used in institutional food service, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal activity directly aligned with the product category. Of the fourteen opportunities posted between January and July 2026, only two—both from the Oregon Department of Corrections—explicitly procure dried beans (pinto and red beans combined in one ITB, pinto beans alone in another), which are dried vegetables but not shallots. The remaining twelve solicitations address broader grocery or fresh produce supply contracts for school nutrition programs, child care facilities, and correctional institutions, spanning Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia. These opportunities call for complete food supply bundles—proteins, dairy, grains, fresh and frozen produce, beverages, and supplies—rather than specialty dried ingredients. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System), state corrections and food-service agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois), state procurement offices (State of Georgia), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). The code shows fragmented buying across multiple jurisdictions with no dominant repeat purchaser for dried shallots specifically.

The geographic footprint spans Texas (City of Edinburg CACFP program, TDCJ through the Comptroller's statewide division), Illinois (quarterly weekly food orders), Oregon (ODOC pinto and red bean procurements issued March 6 and June 5, 2026, with response deadlines March 20 and June 19 respectively), Georgia (state produce and food supply contracts, school district consortia through Douglas County), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools). Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans due March 20, 2026 at $0.43 per pound historical pricing; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF for 382-line-item cafeteria food products across five geographic areas due May 4, 2026; the Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 Master Grocery K-12 due April 27, 2026, covering 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens; and the Rockwood R-VI School District CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027 for over 900 line items due April 29, 2026. The sourcing pattern reflects institutional food service consolidation toward full-line distributors rather than specialty ingredient suppliers, suggesting limited pursuit opportunity under this specific commodity unless shallot demand is embedded within larger master grocery or food-supply contracts that are advertised under broader family-level codes.