NIGP 16021: Forks and Shovels, Meat

NIGP 16021 Forks And Shovels, Meat is an Item code under which state and local governments procure specialized utensils designed for butchering, meat preparation, and food service in commercial kitchen and processing environments. The code captures forks and shovels manufactured or configured specifically for meat handling — including carving forks, meat hooks, serving implements, and similar implements used in institutional kitchens, school cafeterias, correctional facilities, hospitals, and commercial food service operations. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, county and municipal public health agencies, school districts operating large food-service operations, and county hospitals and health systems. The code also draws solicitations from institutional food-service contractors managing operations on behalf of multiple public bodies.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under this code. Without posted solicitation records, geographic concentration and representative recent activity cannot be characterized from available data.