UNSPSC 50475205: Canned or jarred organic bulb onions

The variety of organic onions known as organic bulb onions that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50475205 Canned or jarred organic bulb onions is a Commodity code that represents a narrow food-product line within state and local procurement activity. Recent solicitations show that state and local governments rarely purchase this item as a standalone commodity; instead, canned and jarred onions appear as one line item among dozens in larger institutional food procurements serving state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and county social services. The actual work being solicited is comprehensive food supply contracts for institutional food service operations, with canned onions and similar shelf-stable vegetables bundled into broader food and consumable-products RFPs and IFBs. The issuing bodies are primarily state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois), county and city governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), and school districts (Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia). No vendor has been named as a repeat buyer under this specific code in the recent-opportunities block, though Texas HHS and state agency food-service contracting appears regularly across multiple solicitations.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with spot activity in Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), which covers 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies; the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (bids due June 19, 2026, with Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent); and Burke County Public Schools' sealed-bid food procurement encompassing nearly 400 line items across multiple categories for five schools (sealed bids due June 5, 2026). Canned onions are not individually highlighted in any of these solicitations as a discrete purchase driver. The code shows minimal dedicated activity; canned onions and similar preserved vegetables are ordered as part of institutional food supply contracts rather than as specialized or high-volume procurement categories in their own right.