NIGP 24525: Ice Cream Shipping Jackets

NIGP 24525 Ice Cream Shipping Jackets, an Item code, covers insulated protective garments and jackets designed to maintain temperature control during the transport and storage of ice cream and frozen dairy products. State and local governments procure these jackets as part of broader food service operations, particularly within school districts operating breakfast and lunch programs, county health departments managing food safety compliance, and municipal parks and recreation departments running concessions at public facilities. The jackets serve a specialized but essential function in cold-chain logistics — preventing product degradation during transit from central kitchens to school sites, from suppliers to institutional cafeterias, and within food-service staging areas where temperature maintenance directly affects both product quality and regulatory compliance.

The source provided contains no posted recent state or local contract opportunities under this code. Without current solicitation activity to reference, the geographic distribution of procurement demand and the mix of issuing bodies cannot be characterized from recent bids. Firms evaluating this code should monitor state education procurement offices, county purchasing departments, and municipal parks authorities in regions with large school-lunch operations or institutional food-service infrastructure, as these jurisdictions are the typical buyers of specialized food-transport equipment; however, no live opportunities are available to inform immediate pursuit decisions at this time.