UNSPSC 50592208: Dried Non GMO tokyo bunching onions

The variety of Non GMO bunching onions known as Non GMO tokyo bunching onions that have been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50592208 Dried Non-GMO Tokyo Bunching Onions is a Commodity code that nominally names a single dried vegetable product, but the recent opportunities dataset shows minimal activity directly aligned with this narrow commodity scope. The code appears in procurement activity centered on comprehensive school nutrition and institutional food service supply contracts rather than discrete onion purchases. Recent solicitations tagged with this code span full-line grocery and fresh produce procurement for school districts, county food services, and state agencies, where dried or fresh onions may represent a single line item among hundreds. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education (Bridgeport, Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Fairfax County, Douglas County, Meriden, Pascagoula-Gautier, and Pascagoula-Gautier) alongside a Texas state health agency (HHSC) and city-level procurement in Hillsborough County, Florida, and Dallas, Texas. The geographic spread favors the Southeast—Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Virginia—with secondary activity in Texas.

Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items procurement (BNB052266, IFB due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items across breakfast, produce, dairy, and prepared items subject to Buy American and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act standards; the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce solicitation (PE67080NONST2027000000013, IFB due June 26, 2026) specifying over 200 produce line items with delivery to three school sites; the Douglas County School System's fresh produce and eggs RFP (PE64810NONST2026000000047, due March 4, 2026) coordinating procurement across a 30-district cooperative with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million to $1.1 million by region; and the Fairfax County Public Schools master grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring minimum 76-item bidding across 45 schools. The code's assignment to these broad-based institutional food service procurements rather than narrowly focused dried onion sales suggests potential taxonomy misalignment—vendors pursuing this code should verify whether their dried onion or specialty vegetable offerings align with line-item opportunities within larger grocery or produce supply contracts rather than expect standalone commodity demand.