UNSPSC 50435203: Dried organic boiling onions

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

UNSPSC 50435203 Dried organic boiling onions, a Commodity code, nominally identifies dried boiling onions for institutional and commercial food service, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows no direct buying of dried organic boiling onions. Instead, the handful of recent opportunities tagged to this code involve purchasing of dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans—and broader food-service supply bundles for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies. State and local governments are procuring dried legumes in bulk for meal preparation in prisons, child and adult care facilities, and institutional kitchens, with purchasing bodies including state correctional authorities, state departments of corrections, cities operating food-assistance programs, and state purchasing on behalf of criminal justice systems. The work involves compliance with USDA grading standards, food-safety certifications (FDA, HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practice), triple-cleaning and debris-removal specifications, and delivery to institutional distribution centers or meal-service sites in palletized, FOB-destination format. Specifications typically call for U.S. No. 2 or better grades, moisture-content and foreign-material thresholds, and minimum shelf-life retention before use-by date.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a June 2026 IFB for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026, with a 10% combined evaluation preference for goods fabricated in Oregon and bidders headquartered there; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, solicited cafeteria food products including multiple dried-bean line items across five geographic warehouse regions with an extended response deadline of May 4, 2026 under IFB 304T-26-300CF. Georgia Correctional Industries issued an RFQ for kidney beans in increments of 880 bags, due October 9, 2026, with all-inclusive delivery pricing and electronic PDF submission required. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted an RFP for a Child and Adult Care Food Program meal supply (beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, nonfood items) serving approximately 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference under Texas law and a due date of August 4, 2026. The code shows limited direct activity in dried organic boiling onions specifically; procurement managers may wish to verify whether this categorization reflects current sourcing patterns or whether the code is being used as a catch-all for institutional dried-legume procurement.