UNSPSC 50592210: Dried Non GMO winter white bunching onions

The variety of Non GMO bunching onions known as Non GMO winter white 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 50592210 Dried Non GMO winter white bunching onions is a Commodity code that captures a narrow agricultural product class, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal specificity around dried bunching onions themselves. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code overwhelmingly reflect broad food-service procurement: school district grocery and fresh-produce contracts, senior meal delivery services, USDA commodity food distribution, and institutional food supply chains. The actual buying spans comprehensive meal programs—fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, and prepared items—rather than dried onions as a line item. State and local education agencies (school districts in Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, and Florida) and county health and human services bodies (Texas HHS Commission, Hillsborough County) dominate the issuing bodies, along with occasional city and county food-service authorities. School nutrition programs and senior congregate meal services represent the primary use cases, with contracts typically covering July-through-June fiscal years and serving dozens to hundreds of delivery locations across each jurisdiction.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic: Georgia (Douglas County School System, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), Florida (Hillsborough County), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Texas (HHS Commission) posted the most substantial solicitations in the past six months. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued a grocery-items IFB (BNB052266) for the Bridgeport Board of Education with 1,100+ line items and a July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 term, requiring 51% Buy American domestic content and delivery to a central warehouse plus 45 school sites. Douglas County School System's RFP for Food Supply and Distribution Services (PE64810NONST2026000000046, due February 18, 2026) sought a main-line distributor to supply approximately $9 million in annual food products across 32 schools serving 25,500 students. Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) required bidders to meet a minimum three-year experience threshold and deliver to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens. These contracts consistently demand HACCP compliance, food-safety certifications, proof of liability insurance, and adherence to federal nutrition standards and Buy American provisions.