UNSPSC 50462200: Canned or jarred bunching onions

The type of vegetable known as bunching onions that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50462200 Canned or jarred bunching onions is a Class code under which state and local governments procure shelf-stable canned and jarred vegetables, typically as line items within larger food-service solicitations for institutional feeding operations. The scope of actual buying extends well beyond the narrow code name — recent opportunities show state and local procurement offices bundling canned onions with dozens of other canned vegetables, proteins, condiments, and food-service supplies in multi-line-item IFBs and IWQs serving state supported living centers, corrections facilities, school nutrition programs, and senior services. Issuing bodies include Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia county school districts, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state government, and county senior-services operations. Canned vegetables appear as one of many commodity line items rather than as standalone procurements; vendors typically bid on aggregated food baskets that include canned tomatoes, canned beans, canned soups, frozen proteins, dairy, condiments, and disposable food-service supplies. The issuing-body mix skews heavily toward state departments managing institutional facilities and school districts operating nutrition programs.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Illinois. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables to state supported living centers and state hospitals — notably HHS0016792V2 in May 2026 (210 line items, $4.5 million maximum potential value over three years) and HHS0018082 in October 2026 (22 line items due October 23, 2026) — with responses addressing canned vegetables alongside fresh and frozen proteins, dairy, and kitchen supplies. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes in June 2026 with delivery to Salem, Oregon, at $13.75 per case (prior purchase benchmark), reflecting institutional-scale buying. Gwinnett County, Georgia posted an IWQ for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including canned vegetables for senior services (October 2026, due October 19, 2026). Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia each solicited comprehensive grocery procurements with dozens of canned-vegetable line items for the 2026-2027 school year. Canned onions do not appear as a named line item in any posted opportunity; the code shows activity only when bundled within larger institutional food-service procurements, suggesting limited pursuit opportunity at the commodity-code level.