UNSPSC 50445214: Frozen senshyu semi-globe yellow onions

The variety of onions known as senshyu semi-globe yellow onions that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445214 Frozen senshyu semi-globe yellow onions, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent procurement activity posted under it. The code's nominal scope—a single frozen-onion variety—is narrowly specialized, yet the opportunities tagged to this code span broad institutional food purchasing across proteins, produce, dairy, bakery items, condiments, and paper products for correctional facilities, state hospitals, school nutrition programs, and senior services. The mismatch reflects either miscoding by issuing bodies or aggregation of frozen vegetable line items into a single commodity code for bidding purposes. Recent activity shows state and local buyers—county correctional facilities, state departments of human services and criminal justice, school districts, and specialized state institutions—using open competitive RFQs, ITBs, and IFBs to procure multi-category food bundles rather than single-SKU frozen-vegetable items. The work solicited is institutional bulk food supply, commonly bundled with dozens or hundreds of line items per award, delivered on fixed or as-needed schedules to cafeterias, warehouses, and food distribution centers.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (RFQ PE77023NONST2027000000782, October 19, 2026 due date) seeking approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services; Texas Health and Human Services Commission (IFB HHS0017338V1, August 18, 2026) seeking 106 line items of frozen food products for state hospitals and supported living centers with an estimated annual volume of approximately $9 million; Oregon Department of Corrections (ITB S2910000017692, August 20, 2026) seeking 360,000 pounds of frozen vegetables (broccoli, corn, green beans, assorted blends) with Oregon-fabrication and resident-bidder preferences up to 10 percent; and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia (sealed bid PE55037NONST2027000000007, June 5, 2026) seeking nearly 400 food line items for the 2026-2027 school year. These solicitations employ tiered pricing (per-unit or per-pound), FOB destination delivery with prepaid freight, firm fixed pricing with limited adjustment mechanisms tied to market indexes (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index), and evaluation favoring lowest responsive and responsible bidder or best value. Vendors commonly face 90-95 percent line-item bid minimums, HACCP or FDA/USDA compliance mandates, liability insurance floors of $500,000 to $1,000,000 per occurrence, and Buy American or local-preference set-asides in school and certain state procurements. The code shows active, fragmented demand across issuing bodies with no single repeat buyer dominating; contract values range from under $200,000 (county and school-district supplies) to $9 million-plus (state institutional food systems).