UNSPSC 50436862: Dried organic tree onion

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

UNSPSC 50436862 Dried organic tree onion is a Commodity code that captures dried onion products sourced for institutional food service and school nutrition programs. State and local governments procuring under this code are buying dried onion in bulk quantities as a component of meal preparation for child nutrition services, correctional facilities, and school districts—typically as part of larger produce or grocery staple procurement vehicles rather than as standalone dried-onion-only solicitations. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia) and state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller of Public Accounts, State of Georgia). School nutrition programs represent the dominant buyer segment, supplemented by correctional facility food service operations. Local vendor preferences and set-asides vary by jurisdiction—some solicitations, such as the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP procurement, apply local-vendor preferences under Texas law, while others contain no specific disadvantaged-enterprise or minority-owned-business set-asides.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Texas, with notable recent solicitation activity in Georgia (Douglas County School System, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and State of Georgia), Texas (City of Edinburg, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and other states including Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections), and Illinois (State of Illinois). Representative recent opportunities include the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 (Solicitation CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, IFB due April 29, 2026), which encompasses over 900 line items across multiple food categories including dried goods and staples for approximately 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast participants daily; the Douglas County School System Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP (Solicitation PE64810NONST2026000000046, RFP due February 18, 2026), which called for a main-line food service distributor supplying approximately 32,000 meals daily with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products IFB (Solicitation 304T26300CF, IFB due May 4, 2026), which specified 382 line items across diverse food categories for multiple warehouse locations. Most solicitations use the IFB or RFP notice type with response windows of three to six weeks, weekly or twice-weekly delivery schedules, and firm fixed pricing for the contract term.