UNSPSC 50445205: Frozen bulb onions

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

UNSPSC 50445205 Frozen bulb onions is a Commodity code that does not reflect actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities record. The code nominally identifies a specific frozen vegetable product line—frozen onions—yet none of the nine recent solicitations posted between May and October 2026 specify frozen onions as a line item or scope element. Instead, state and local buyers soliciting frozen vegetables under related UNSPSC families are procuring mixed frozen vegetable assortments, frozen corn, frozen potatoes, and comprehensive frozen food product suites as components of broader institutional food service contracts. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity designation and the scope of actual recent procurements signals that frozen bulb onions, if purchased by state and local agencies at all, are acquired as part of line-item food supply contracts rather than under dedicated commodity codes, or are tagged incorrectly in the sourcing system. Activity under this code shows no recent independent tenders.

The issuing bodies active in frozen vegetable procurement span state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), state health and human services commissions (Texas, Illinois), county government (Gwinnett County, Georgia; Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), and school districts (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Burke County, Georgia; Early County, Georgia; Ben Hill County, Georgia). Geographically, recent frozen vegetable and institutional food service solicitations cluster in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 ITB for 360,000 pounds of assorted frozen vegetables (broccoli, vegetable blends, corn, green beans) with bids due August 20, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's July 2026 IFB for frozen food products across state hospitals and supported living centers, estimated at approximately $9 million annually; and Ben Hill County Schools' May 2026 food bid requesting sealed bids for frozen produce and related items due June 15, 2026. None of these solicitations isolates frozen onions as a standalone procurement line.