UNSPSC 50435217: Dried organic sweet onions

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

UNSPSC 50435217 Dried organic sweet onions (Commodity) covers bulk dried legumes and specialty vegetable products for institutional meal service, though the recent state and local opportunities solicited under this code do not consistently align with the nominal scope—Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Illinois, and the City of Edinburg, Texas have all recently posted bids for dried kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and multi-category food supplies (beverages, proteins, breads, paper goods, and janitorial items) rather than dried sweet onions specifically. The work being bought is institutional food procurement for correctional facilities, state agency kitchens, child care meal programs, and public school or municipal food service operations, with solicitations typically covering either single commodity categories (dried beans in bulk quantities measured in pounds or bags) or bundled multi-category food and supply packages (proteins, grains, dairy, produce, beverages, and nonfood items such as plates, napkins, cleaning products, and food storage materials). Issuing bodies include state corrections departments, state agencies managing institutional food service, municipal governments operating child and adult care food programs, and potentially school districts or special-purpose food-service authorities. The code shows little relevant recent activity specifically tied to dried organic sweet onions; the recent opportunities are predominantly dried common legumes (kidney, black, pinto, and red beans) and broader food-service supply categories.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Pacific Northwest, with recent bids posted by Georgia Correctional Industries (October 2026), the City of Edinburg, Texas (August 2026), the State of Oregon Department of Corrections (June 2026), the State of Georgia (May 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (May 2026, with response extended to May 4, 2026). The Oregon ODOC procurement (Solicitation S2910000017705, due August 21, 2026) requested approximately 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned dried pinto and red beans with a 10% local-preference evaluation bonus (5% for goods fabricated or processed entirely in Oregon, 5% additional for bidders headquartered in Oregon) and historical pricing at $0.493 per pound; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB (304T26300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) covered approximately 382 line items spanning proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and beverages across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations on an FOB Destination basis. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (dried organic sweet onions) and the actual recent solicitations (institutional dried legumes and bundled food-service supplies) signals that this code may be misapplied in state and local procurement systems or that dried organic sweet onions see minimal recent demand from these issuing bodies.