NIGP 24084: Silverware: Flatware, Tableware, etc.

NIGP 24084 Silverware: Flatware, Tableware, Etc., an Item code, encompasses the procurement of food and beverage service smallwares — including flatware, tableware, dinnerware, glassware, and related service equipment — that state and local governments buy for institutional food service, hospitality, and convention operations. The code captures both routine replacement purchasing and large-scale outfitting for facilities that operate high-volume food service programs. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county convention centers, fire departments with operational feeding requirements, and other county-level facilities; cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell also aggregate demand across participating governmental entities to establish regional or national contracting solutions for law enforcement and related operational supplies that may include service smallwares as ancillary procurement.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, with Orange County's procurement of food and beverage smallwares for the Orange County Convention Center (IFB Y26-165, sealed bids due April 30, 2026, estimated five-year value $2,145,000) representing a large-scale multi-manufacturer framework contract structured as fixed-percentage discounts off manufacturer's suggested retail price lists. Hillsborough County's janitorial and operational supplies solicitation for Fire Rescue Department facilities (ITB-26-00319, bids due July 24, 2026, estimated one-year value $765,679.84) demonstrates demand from operational fire service sites where food service smallwares are purchased alongside related consumables. The Orange County opportunity requires three client references for similar term contract work, $1,000,000 in commercial general liability and auto liability insurance, electronic submission through OpenGov, and Service Disabled Veteran Business enterprise preference eligibility at up to 8 percent above the lowest responsive bid; Hillsborough County's procurement includes Cone of Silence restrictions, drug-free workplace certification, and cooperative purchasing availability through the Hillsborough County Governmental Purchasing Council. Sourcewell's cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP (RFP #061626, proposals due June 16, 2026) signals broader regional and national aggregation of purchasing across multiple county and state jurisdictions.