UNSPSC 50445221: Frozen yellow storage onions

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

UNSPSC 50445221 Frozen yellow storage onions is a Commodity code that sits at the lowest tier of the taxonomy. State and local governments buy this code infrequently and in highly specific, low-volume contexts—frozen vegetable procurement for institutional food service operations, primarily correctional facilities, school districts, and health and human services agencies. The recent opportunities block shows no direct solicitations for frozen yellow onions; instead, the tagged opportunities center on broader frozen vegetable assortments (corn, assorted blends, carrots, mixed vegetables, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, and stir-fry blends), fresh produce, and comprehensive grocery procurement for prisons, schools, and state facilities. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual recent activity suggests frozen yellow storage onions see minimal direct procurement volume at state and local level, or are bundled into larger multi-item vegetable or grocery contracts where the individual commodity does not surface as a line item.

When frozen vegetables do appear as discrete line items in state and local RFPs and ITBs, procurement flows from Oregon Department of Corrections (which has posted multiple frozen vegetable solicitations in April and June 2026), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (cafeteria food procurement), Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state hospitals and supported living centers), and school districts across Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Virginia. Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon) and Texas, with school-district activity scattered across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections Vegetables Frozen, Assorted ITB (S2910000016558, due April 22, 2026, seeking 400,000 pounds of frozen assorted vegetables across five varieties), and the Texas HHSC supplemental food and consumable procurement (HHS0016792, covering 210 line items of frozen and fresh foods for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide). None of these solicitations isolates frozen yellow onions as a distinct commodity line. Pursue this code only if your firm can bundle yellow storage onions into broader frozen-vegetable or institutional-grocery supply agreements, or if you have direct relationships with correctional and healthcare procurement offices that source onions separately outside formal RFP channels.