UNSPSC 50445203: Frozen boiling onions

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

UNSPSC 50445203 Frozen boiling onions, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within institutional food procurement. State and local governments buy frozen boiling onions as component ingredients for large-scale meal preparation in correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and senior services operations. The work is straightforward commodity supply: vendors deliver pre-packaged frozen onions meeting USDA or FDA standards, temperature and shelf-life specifications, and detailed packaging requirements. Issuing bodies span state departments (health and human services commissions, departments of corrections, comptroller offices), county corrections facilities, school districts, and county senior services departments. State agencies with multiple facilities—particularly corrections departments and health and human services commissions operating statewide networks—account for the largest volume of recent activity. Procurement offices handle competitive bidding for both standalone frozen-vegetable line items and as part of broader food-service bundles covering proteins, vegetables, grains, and paper products.

Recent opportunities cluster heavily in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New Jersey, with activity concentrated among state-level food procurement for institutional settings. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338 for frozen food products (posted July 17, 2026, bids due August 18, 2026) spanning 106 line items of frozen foods including vegetables to supply state hospitals and supported living centers statewide with an estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million; the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017692 for frozen vegetables totaling 360,000 pounds including assorted blends, corn, and green beans (posted August 6, 2026, bids due August 20, 2026) with Oregon fabrication and resident-bidder preferences of up to 10 percent combined; and the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse regions (posted May 4, 2026, bids due May 4, 2026, extended to May 4, 2026) encompassing approximately 382 line items including frozen vegetables delivered to six distribution points. School districts in Georgia (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Early County Board of Education) and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education) posted nutrition food bids in May and June 2026 covering hundreds of line items including frozen vegetables, all with Buy American compliance and National School Lunch Program standards. Award criteria consistently emphasize lowest responsive and responsible bidder based on unit pricing, compliance with specifications, delivery capability, and past performance; set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises appear in Texas HUB subcontracting plans but are not uniformly applied. Delivery windows are typically 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with FOB destination and prepaid freight standard. This code sees consistent institutional demand but lacks significant standalone activity; frozen boiling onions appear primarily as line items within broader frozen-vegetable or food-service categories rather than as sole-source procurements.