UNSPSC 50435200: Dried organic onions

The type of organic vegetable known as organic onions that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435200 Dried organic onions, Class, covers dried legumes and bulk food staples for institutional meal programs, correctional facilities, and state agency food services. State and local governments procure dried beans — kidney, pinto, red, and black varieties — triple-cleaned to USDA standards and intended for high-volume cooking in correctional kitchens, child and adult care food programs (CACFP), and state-agency meal services. The code sees activity from state corrections departments, state procurement offices acquiring for multiple agencies, city governments running CACFP operations, and state education or nutrition divisions. Recent solicitations name the Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Correctional Industries, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (procured through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division), the City of Edinburg, Texas, the State of Illinois, and the State of Georgia as repeat buyers in the institutional food-supply space.

Recent activity spans Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued bids for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, triple-cleaned to U.S. No. 2 grade or better, due June 19, 2026, with a 10 percent Oregon-processing and headquarters preference (5 percent each) applied to evaluation; the incumbent contractor Intersect USA had bid $0.493 per pound in August 2025. Georgia Correctional Industries requested bids for kidney beans in 880-bag increments, due October 9, 2026 (RFQ 92100ERFQ0020612027), with all-inclusive delivery pricing and strict specification-sheet completion requirements. The City of Edinburg, Texas, ran an RFP (RFP2026017) for CACFP meal-program food and nonfood supplies serving 400 children daily, due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051 for bids within 5 percent of the lowest price. The State of Oregon also solicited bids on triple-cleaned dried black beans to USDA grading standards for institutional use, due August 21, 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across multiple food categories and TDCJ warehouse locations, with an original response deadline of April 21, 2026, extended via addendum to May 4, 2026.