UNSPSC 50485212: Red onion purees

The variety of onions known as red onions which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485212 Red onion purees (Commodity) describes shelf-stable, prepared onion products that state and local governments procure as ingredient items within broader food-service supply contracts. The code itself appears narrowly defined, but recent state and local solicitations tag food-procurement opportunities across this commodity family to capture a wide range of prepared vegetables, sauces, and condiments alongside fresh, frozen, and canned produce. In practice, state and local buyers soliciting under related food-commodity codes are purchasing prepared onion products as line items within larger consumables contracts that serve institutional food service — state health and human services facilities, state-supported living centers, correctional departments, school nutrition programs, and county senior services operations. Issuing bodies include state health and human services departments, departments of corrections, school districts, county governments, and special-purpose state agencies. The scope spans prepared foodstuffs (purees, sauces, condiments, frozen items) and consumable supplies (containers, napkins, serving utensils) delivered to multiple institutional locations on fixed schedules with firm, fixed unit pricing and delivery within seven to thirty days of order placement.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for consumable foods and supplemental food products serving state-supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso, with response dates in August and June 2026; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division) issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic TDCJ warehouse regions with a response date of May 4, 2026. In Georgia, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026); Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools each posted comprehensive school-nutrition food bids in May and June 2026. Oregon Department of Corrections posted a canned-tomato bid in June 2026 serving its Central Distribution Center. The State of Illinois solicited weekly food-order fulfillment for the July-September quarter in June 2026. A single Oregon requisition for potato variety (due July 27, 2026) lacks sufficient specification detail in the source. Awards typically go to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or single vendors providing best value; contracts run annual terms with optional one- or two-year renewals; and historical procurement values for single institutional food-service contracts range from approximately $1.5 million to $4.5 million over multi-year periods.