UNSPSC 50465216: Canned or jarred stuttgarter giant onions

The variety of onions known as stuttgarter giant onions that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50465216 Canned or jarred stuttgarter giant onions, a Commodity code, sees active procurement across school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and state facility supply chains, with state and local buyers treating it as one line item within broader food supply solicitations rather than as a standalone purchase. State and local governments buy canned and jarred specialty onion products primarily to support cafeteria operations, inmate feeding programs, and patient meal service at state-supported living centers and hospitals. Recent solicitations frame onions as kitchen staples within comprehensive food commodity bids spanning hundreds of line items—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission procurement for supplemental food at state hospitals and living centers, the Oregon Department of Corrections canned-goods buys, school district nutrition programs across Georgia and Missouri, and the Illinois Veterans Home weekly food orders all reference onions or similar produce items as components of larger standing contracts rather than discrete purchases. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Burke County Public Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia, Muscogee County School System in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia) and state institutional operators (Texas HHSC for state hospitals and living centers, Oregon DOC for correctional facilities, Illinois Veterans Home for state residential services). These jurisdictions consolidate food procurement into rolling annual or multi-year standing contracts with firm pricing, quarterly or monthly price adjustments tied to USDA commodity indices or the Consumer Price Index, and frequent renewal options extending three to five years.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia, with Georgia school districts appearing most frequently in recent solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products including canned goods at the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical annual value of $1.5 million; the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services IFBs for grocery items and Net Off Invoice products (bids due April 29, 2026) spanning over 900 line items for the 2026-27 school year; and the Burke County Public Schools sealed-bid solicitation (bids due June 5, 2026, opened June 8, 2026) for nearly 400 grocery line items supporting five schools. Canned onions rarely appear as a line-item-specific purchase; they are absorbed into itemized produce, canned-goods, or condiment categories within larger master grocery or food supply contracts. No set-asides or disadvantaged-enterprise preferences are evident across these solicitations, and awards generally flow to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder or best-value vendor with established food safety compliance and insurance minimums typically requiring $500,000 to $2,000,000 general liability coverage. Lead times for these contracts are substantial—most RFPs issue 60 to 90 days before the July 1 start date of the school or fiscal year, and evaluation and award cycles span four to eight weeks. For vendors supplying specialty or branded onion products, the opportunity lies not in standalone canned-onion bids but in inclusion on prequalified grocery distributor panels or in response to standing food-commodity RFPs where onions are one of many required line items priced competitively against USDA market indices or historical commodity baselines.