UNSPSC 50445219: Frozen red storage onions

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

UNSPSC 50445219 Frozen red storage onions, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of frozen vegetable products for institutional food service, though the recent solicitation activity under this specific code is sparse and misdirected. The source opportunities tagged to this code—including frozen corn, frozen potatoes, and assorted frozen vegetables from Oregon's Department of Corrections and other jurisdictions—represent the broader frozen-vegetable procurement landscape rather than the narrowly defined red storage onion category. State and local buyers soliciting under related frozen-vegetable codes are primarily correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, health and human services facilities, and state hospitals purchasing large-volume commodity vegetables for meal preparation. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, supplemented by state departments of corrections, departments of human services, and county correctional facilities. Pricing in recent solicitations ranges from $0.30 to $0.67 per pound depending on vegetable type and case size, with firm fixed pricing standard across contract terms and escalation clauses tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index benchmarks.

Oregon Department of Corrections appears as the most active repeat buyer, issuing multiple frozen-vegetable ITBs with response deadlines in late June and July 2026 (S2910000017451 for frozen corn due July 24, 2026; S2910000017439 for frozen potatoes due July 24, 2026; and earlier solicitations for frozen carrots and assorted blends in April and February 2026). School districts across Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Virginia—including Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, and Bulloch County Board of Education—have posted substantially larger grocery and produce bids encompassing frozen vegetables as one category among hundreds of line items. Solicitation activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with secondary activity in the Midwest (Missouri) and Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Pennsylvania). The code shows limited recent activity strictly matching frozen red storage onions; vendors pursuing this commodity should monitor broader frozen-vegetable and institutional food-service solicitations from correctional and school-nutrition programs rather than relying on direct matches to UNSPSC 50445219 alone.