NIGP 04517: Can Openers, Household

NIGP 04517 Can Openers, Household is an Item code that covers manual and powered can-opening devices for institutional and government foodservice operations. State and local governments procure can openers under this code for correctional facilities, schools, hospitals, senior centers, and other public institutions where high-volume food preparation requires durable, efficient opening equipment. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state departments of corrections and human services, county and municipal public-health and nutrition programs, independent school districts, and special-purpose districts managing institutional kitchens. Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based local government cooperative purchasing unit, represents a significant issuing body for law enforcement and institutional equipment categories that roll up institutional support items including foodservice and kitchen equipment.

Recent solicitation activity under related institutional equipment procurement shows Sourcewell issuing RFP #061626 (Law Enforcement Equipment - SW) with a June 16, 2026 response deadline on behalf of participating entities in Washington State (Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County) and numerous other jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada. While this opportunity focuses on law enforcement equipment broadly rather than can openers specifically, it illustrates the cooperative purchasing structure through which state and local governments, K-12 school districts, and public entities procure institutional goods. The source provides no recent solicitations specifically naming can openers as a standalone procurement line item, limiting visibility into current direct demand signals under this Item code alone.