NIGP 165: Cafeteria and Kitchen Equipment, Commercial

NIGP 165 Cafeteria and Kitchen Equipment, Commercial is a Class code encompassing the purchase and installation of food service equipment for school cafeterias, institutional kitchens, hospital dietary departments, and correctional facilities—including serving lines, steam tables, milk coolers, fryers, dishwashers, ice makers, grease traps, and related appliances. State and local governments buy this category most actively through school districts (elementary and secondary), county health departments and hospitals, corrections systems, and municipal departments serving public facilities. Recent solicitations span equipment procurement (new serving lines, walk-in coolers, specialty fryers), installation and removal services, and maintenance and repair contracts on an on-call or scheduled basis.

School districts drive the heaviest activity, with recent bids from Allen Park Public Schools (Michigan), Hanover-Horton School District (Michigan), West Ada School District (Idaho), KIPP Texas Public Schools (Houston area), Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD (Texas), Comal ISD (Texas), Pinellas County Schools (Florida), and Stockton Unified School District (California) all posting RFPs or ITBs for serving-line equipment, coolers, paper goods, or kitchen repair services. County governments and state agencies solicit vending machine services (Missouri Department of Corrections at Tipton and Southeast Correctional Centers, Orange County California), specialized equipment maintenance (Pinellas County detention kitchen equipment, San Mateo County hospital kitchen exhaust and Dinex cart repair), and grease trap and vent hood services. Geographic spread covers Texas, Michigan, Florida, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and the Northeast broadly. Representative recent opportunities include Allen Park Public Schools' RFP FSD FY27-001 for 34 units of food service equipment (serving counters, cold units, cashier stands, induction cooking equipment) due December 7, 2026; Hanover-Horton School District's RFP-2027-001 and RFP-2027-002 for modular elementary and high school serving lines due October 5, 2026; Comal ISD's RFP 2605 for kitchen equipment repair, grease trap pumping, and vent hood services (multiple vendors, due August 8, 2026); and Missouri Department of Corrections' IFB for vending machine services at Southeast Correctional Center (commission-based, bid due October 1, 2026). Vending machine and micro-market equipment procurement is also active, with Missouri Department of Social Services establishing a Qualified Vendors List for micro-market equipment (bid due July 6, 2026 and updated October 30, 2026) and multiple counties (Dauphin County Pennsylvania, Orange County California, Baltimore County Maryland) soliciting beverage and snack machine services on revenue-share terms. The code sees sustained activity across school nutrition programs, detention and correctional food service, hospital dietary operations, and municipal facility support—with pricing structures ranging from fixed-price equipment purchases and installment labor services to commission-based vending arrangements.