UNSPSC 50445218: Frozen torpedo or red italian onions

The variety of onions known as torpedo or red italian onions that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445218 Frozen torpedo or red italian onions is a Commodity code representing a narrow product category within food procurement. State and local governments soliciting under this code are buying shelf-stable and frozen food items for institutional settings—primarily correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, senior services programs, and school nutrition programs. Recent opportunities show that "frozen torpedo or red italian onions" as a standalone line item appears rarely in state and local solicitations; instead, frozen onions are typically bundled within broader frozen-vegetable or general grocery procurements where they compete alongside corn, mixed vegetables, potatoes, and other produce staples. The issuing bodies pursuing food procurement across the recent record include county corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, state departments of corrections, school districts, and regional purchasing offices. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, Montgomery County in Pennsylvania, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the State of Illinois, and multiple Georgia school districts each posted food solicitations in the May-October 2026 window.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, reflecting institutional feeding operations across correctional, healthcare, and education sectors. Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County's informal written quote (IWQ) for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026, delivered to Gwinnett Senior Services Center in Lawrenceville; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for 360,000 pounds of frozen assorted vegetables (including corn, broccoli, green beans, and blends) due August 20, 2026, delivered FOB destination to Salem with five percent Oregon-goods preference plus five percent resident-bidder preference available; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338 for 106 line items of frozen food products across state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with estimated annual volume of $9 million and bids due August 18, 2026. Frozen onions as a discrete commodity line appear embedded in these larger institutional food awards rather than as standalone procurements, making activity under the narrow code difficult to isolate from higher-tier frozen-vegetable and grocery-supply categories.