UNSPSC 50605205: Frozen Non GMO bulb onions

The variety of Non GMO onions known as Non GMO bulb onions that have been frozen 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 50605205 Frozen Non GMO bulb onions, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The nine most recent opportunities posted under this code between January and June 2026 are tagged with frozen bulb onions but actually solicit comprehensive food service procurement — fresh produce, dairy, proteins, grains, and miscellaneous grocery items for school nutrition programs and state operations. The code assignment appears to be a classification artifact rather than a reflection of actual purchasing scope. School districts and state agencies are buying full-line food service contracts that include onions as one input among hundreds of line items, not frozen bulb onions as a discrete procurement category.

The issuing bodies are school districts (Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System) and state agencies (State of Georgia) across Georgia, Missouri, and Texas. A search for procurement activity specifically targeting frozen non-GMO bulb onions as a primary commodity — rather than as an embedded line item within broader food service solicitations — returns no recent opportunities. Vendors pursuing this code should treat it as a low-activity category and instead monitor school district and state nutrition services RFPs and IFBs where onions appear as one of many produce or grocery line items, such as the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for Fresh Produce and Eggs (due March 4, 2026) and the Early County Board of Education FY27 Food Bid (due June 8, 2026), both of which likely include onions among 70-plus produce items but do not isolate them as a standalone procurement vehicle.