NIGP 16084: Trucks: Meat Handling, Head Inspection, Offal, Smoke, etc.

NIGP 16084 Trucks: Meat Handling, Head Inspection, Offal, Smoke, Etc., an Item code, encompasses refrigerated and specialized transport vehicles that state and local governments procure for food service, agricultural distribution, and transit operations. Recent solicitations show school districts and transit authorities buying refrigerated box trucks equipped with engine-driven refrigeration systems, insulated cargo compartments, liftgates, and telematics monitoring for cafeteria food distribution and fleet management. The scope extends to specialized inspection and quality-assurance services conducted on-site at vehicle manufacturing facilities, where contractors verify functional performance of transit rolling stock including wheelchair lifts, doors, powertrains, and electrical systems prior to delivery and deployment. Issuing bodies include independent school districts, county school systems, and regional transit authorities—notably Griffin-Spalding County School System in Georgia and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas.

Recent activity centers in Georgia and Texas. Griffin-Spalding County School System issued IFB #27-102 on June 24, 2026, for one new refrigerated box truck with a response deadline of July 23, 2026, requiring specifications including 14–26 foot body length, diesel or gas engine, dual-mode refrigeration (0°F frozen or 35°F chilled), 2,500–3,000 lb capacity liftgate, and five-year maintenance cost schedules with local service and training capabilities. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County issued an RFP on April 27, 2026, for on-site rolling stock inspection services at multiple bus manufacturing facilities (New Flyer, MCI, Gillig, Eldorado) with proposals due May 27, 2026, requiring inspectors with minimum five years' experience in bus manufacturing or transit maintenance, conducting functional tests across wheelchair systems, doors, HVAC, welding, and powertrains, with an estimated contract start date of July 27, 2026, and a three-year initial term plus two one-year options.