NIGP 24093: Storage Boxes, Food

NIGP 24093 Storage Boxes, Food is an Item code under which state and local governments procure disposable food service containers, aluminum pans and lids, plastic wraps, and related single-use foodservice packaging for school nutrition programs, institutional feeding operations, and municipal catering. Recent solicitations show school districts dominating the buying activity, with Georgia school systems (Fulton County Schools, Douglas County School District, Northside Independent School District in Texas) and Florida's Seminole County School Board issuing RFPs and IFBs for paper and chemical supplies bundles that include storage and serving containers as line items within larger food service procurement. The City of Dallas and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners also solicit under related food service categories. Work being solicited spans both standalone food service supply contracts and cooperative purchasing agreements; Douglas County School District's RFP 26-006 valued at approximately $750,000 annually encompasses 111 to 143 line items including aluminum cookware, disposable containers, plastic cutlery, bags, and wraps delivered bi-weekly on an F.O.B. destination basis, while Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-046 seeks Child Nutrition Supplies with similar container and packaging components. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued RFP 061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment with a June 16, 2026 response deadline, establishing a framework contract available to thousands of governmental entities nationwide and in Canada, though the law enforcement focus suggests ancillary rather than primary use of storage boxes in that procurement.

State and local purchasing activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with recent opportunities from Douglas County Schools, Fulton County Schools, Gwinnett County, Northside Independent School District (Bexar County), Seminole County Schools (Florida), and the City of Dallas. Douglas County School District's RFP due March 4, 2026 and Fulton County Schools' IFB 142-26 due April 14, 2026 represent typical school nutrition supply procurements where food storage and serving containers appear as itemized line-item offerings within broader paper and chemical supply contracts. Vendors responding to these solicitations must meet minimum five-year experience requirements, maintain commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 or greater, comply with Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act and federal Food Safety regulations where applicable, and deliver on tight schedules (bi-weekly or faster). Most school district contracts run July 1 through June 30 annually with automatic renewal options and firm pricing throughout the term. Payment terms are typically net 30 days from invoice or delivery. No set-aside designations or disadvantaged-enterprise restrictions appear in the recent solicitations; awards are generally made on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bidder or best-value basis to single or multiple vendors.