NIGP 16541: Filters for Vent Hoods

NIGP 16541 Filters For Vent Hoods, an Item code, does not match the scope of work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this code. Recent opportunities classify hood cleaning and maintenance services—not filters themselves—as the primary procurement activity. School districts and child care organizations are soliciting sealed bids and RFQs for comprehensive kitchen exhaust hood cleaning, inspection, degreasing, and pressure washing across multiple facility locations, performed to NFPA 96 and IKECA standards. Vendors must provide labor, equipment, chemicals, and materials to clean hood systems ranging from single-unit to four-section configurations; many solicitations bundle exhaust hoods, make-up air units, and warewashing hoods into single service contracts. Initial contract terms typically run one year with renewal options, and pricing must remain firm across the contract period with no fuel or escalation surcharges permitted unless specifically approved. Issuing bodies include school districts serving multiple counties and specialized child care organizations; school nutrition programs represent the dominant buying segment.

Dougherty County Board of Education School Nutrition Program (Georgia) posted an IFB on June 29, 2026 for hood cleaning services across 26 school locations with a due date of July 28, 2026, requiring unit pricing per facility and sealed bid submission in triplicate. Pinellas County School District (Florida) posted an electronic-bid RFQ on June 23, 2026 with the same due date for cafeteria and culinary exhaust hood cleaning and service across multiple school and center locations, referencing state cooperative purchasing rates from the Florida Department of Management Services. Cobb County School District (Georgia) issued an IFB on March 2, 2026 for yearly inspection and cleaning of approximately 134 kitchen vent hoods across 111 school locations with a March 23, 2026 response deadline and facility-location restrictions requiring vendors to operate within 150 miles of Kennesaw, Georgia; award was extended to the Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Program. ChildCareGroup (Texas) posted an RFQ on June 5, 2026 for kitchen exhaust hood cleaning at four Dallas-Fort Worth facilities with a June 5, 2026 due date and mandatory pre-service walkthroughs. Activity concentrates in Georgia, Florida, and Texas school systems, with geographic and buying patterns suggesting continued procurement from school nutrition programs and child care operators across the Southeast and South.