NIGP 09: Food, Equipment, and Related Services

NIGP 09 Food, Equipment, And Related Services is a Category that encompasses the full scope of food procurement and foodservice infrastructure state and local governments operate — from commodity food purchases and meal contracts to commercial kitchen equipment, cold-storage systems, and related service agreements. State and local buyers under this code procure prepared meals for schools, detention facilities, hospitals, and senior centers; bulk food commodities for institutional kitchens; food-handling and storage equipment including ovens, refrigeration units, and serving lines; and contracted foodservice operations including staffing, menu planning, and facility management. Issuing bodies span school districts (the largest user base), county detention and correctional facilities, state departments of corrections, municipal parks and recreation departments, public hospitals and health systems, and aging-services agencies. The code also captures equipment maintenance, repair, and replacement contracts tied to institutional foodservice operations.

No recent state and local contract opportunities under NIGP 09 appear in the available source material. This absence does not indicate dormancy — food and foodservice equipment procurement is steady activity across school districts and public institutions — but rather reflects a data gap in the records provided for this analysis period.