UNSPSC 50435909: Dried organic red potato onions

The variety of organic shallots known as organic red potato onions that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435909 Dried organic red potato onions (Commodity) encompasses fresh and processed produce items that state and local governments—particularly school districts, corrections departments, and child nutrition programs—purchase for meal service and food operations. Recent solicitations under this code show state and local buyers acquiring broader fresh produce, dried staple proteins, and comprehensive grocery supplies rather than the narrow "dried organic red potato onions" category the code nominally describes; the actual purchasing activity spans fresh fruits and vegetables, dried beans, eggs, and multi-category food supply contracts supporting daily meal operations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all soliciting grocery and produce contracts in recent months; state corrections departments including the Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice are also regular buyers; and child nutrition programs such as the City of Edinburg (Texas) CACFP meal service soliciting under this space. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon, with secondary activity across multiple states through cooperative purchasing vehicles like the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts.

Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (2000004323, due April 27, 2026) seeking sealed bids for food products and delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with weekly deliveries July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items ITB (due April 29, 2026) soliciting over 900 line items across snacks, vegetables, meats, and prepared entrees for the 2026-27 school year; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026) to be delivered to its Central Distribution Center in Salem with a 5% Oregon-fabrication preference and 5% resident-bidder preference; and the City of Edinburg's RFP 2026017 for CACFP Meal Program food and nonfood supplies (due August 4, 2026) with a local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. The Douglas County School System's GEC cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts (due March 4, 2026) reflects the scale of school nutrition procurement, with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One alone.