NIGP 03775: Soda Fountain Equipment and Accessories (Including Slush Machines; See 165-50 for Malt and Milkshake Machines)

NIGP 03775 Soda Fountain Equipment and Accessories, an Item code, encompasses slush machines and related equipment that state and local governments procure for food service operations—primarily school nutrition programs and cafeteria settings. The scope includes single, double, and triple slushie machines available for purchase or rental, compatible beverage products such as 100% fruit juice slushies and zero-sugar iced coffee and tea flavors in shelf-style format, machine maintenance and parts availability, and delivery infrastructure to multiple institutional kitchen locations. School districts represent the primary issuing bodies under this code, with purchasing driven by Child Nutrition Act compliance requirements and food service operational needs.

Recent procurement activity centers on school district nutrition programs. Hancock County Board of Education posted IFB #SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, with bid opening June 29, 2026, soliciting slushie machines and 100% fruit juice equivalent beverages for delivery to three school sites—Hancock Central Middle/High School, M.E. Lewis Elementary, and Early Head Start—under a July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract term. The bid required vendors to itemize pricing by product flavor and machine type, specify rental versus purchase options with minimum purchase commitments, disclose machine maintenance costs and parts availability, and confirm delivery capability to individual school kitchen docks. All bid pricing included firm pricing provisions subject to market-based escalation or de-escalation adjustment, packing, and transportation to designated sites with no separate fuel surcharges. Compliance mandates included HACCP procedures, food recall protocols, Buy American provisions, and general liability insurance of $500,000 per occurrence with $1,000,000 aggregate limits for bids over $10,000. The source contains no additional recent opportunities under this code.