NIGP 24074: Recycled Dishes, Utensils, etc.

NIGP 24074 Recycled Dishes, Utensils, Etc., an Item code, covers disposable and reusable serviceware—plates, bowls, cups, utensils, and related food-service items—purchased by state and local governments for cafeterias, break rooms, emergency response operations, and public facilities. Based on recent solicitation activity, the code serves a broad mix of issuing bodies including state cooperative purchasing vehicles, county governments, school districts, and other public entities that aggregate procurement across multiple jurisdictions to achieve volume pricing and standardized contracting terms.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, posted RFP #061626 on May 12, 2026, with a response deadline of June 16, 2026, to establish a law enforcement equipment contracting solution available to participating entities across multiple states including Washington (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties among them) and Canada. The RFP structure allows the resulting contract(s) to serve thousands of governmental agencies, K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and tribal governments through Sourcewell's framework, with submissions required through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal. No specific set-aside designations, award values, or budget ranges were disclosed in available documentation. This represents the primary recent opportunity visible under the code; geographic concentration around the Pacific Northwest and cooperative purchasing models suggests that vendors pursuing this category should expect to encounter multi-jurisdictional RFP structures and long procurement cycles typical of statewide or regional cooperative agreements.