UNSPSC 50482311: Winter-over bunching onion purees

The variety of bunching onions known as winter-over bunching onions which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50482311 Winter-over bunching onion purees is a Commodity code that does not map to the state and local procurement activity recently posted under it. The recent opportunities tagged with this code show no evidence of onion-puree purchasing. Instead, the state and local buyers using this code designation are soliciting broad consumables and food-service supplies for institutional cafeteria, school nutrition, and state-facility canteen operations. Representative recent solicitations include prepared foods (french fries, hashbrown patties, chicken wings, canned tomatoes, peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, and fresh or frozen produce), food-service supplies (containers, lids, napkins, hairnets, trays, straws, foil sheets), and kitchen products across multiple line items per solicitation. The issuing bodies are state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and other Georgia school systems), and state-level procurement offices serving facilities such as state supported living centers, prisons, and state hospitals.

The recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Oregon and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food-service supplies on an F.O.B. Destination basis with seven-day delivery required; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (quotes due October 19, 2026) delivered to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center in Lawrenceville; the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (bids due June 19, 2026) with Oregon-resident and Oregon-fabricated-goods preferences; and Ben Hill County Schools' IFB for a comprehensive food-service procurement covering fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, and kitchen supplies across four school locations (bids due June 15, 2026). The code shows limited alignment with its stated scope and warrants verification against actual procurement intent before resource allocation.