NIGP 24535: Milk Bottles, Glass

NIGP 24535 Milk Bottles, Glass is an Item code that encompasses glass containers used in dairy product packaging and delivery for school food service operations. State and local governments procure milk bottles primarily as part of larger dairy-supply contracts where fluid milk, flavored milk, and related dairy products are delivered to school districts in standardized glass and other approved container formats. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida, exemplifies this procurement pattern: in ITB 25260070B-VG, the district sought milk and dairy products for 56 school locations, specifying multiple milk formats including 8-ounce cartons, 1-gallon containers, 5-gallon containers, and twist-cap formats, with annual usage estimates reaching into the millions of units for certain line items. School districts dominate solicitation activity under this code, as the milk bottle specification typically appears as a line item within broader food-service procurement rather than as a standalone purchase.

Seminole County Public Schools' April 2026 ITB represents recent activity in the Florida market, with delivery and compliance requirements tied to the National School Lunch Program's Buy American provisions and Florida Department of Health standards. The bid submission deadline was April 2, 2026, with a voluntary pre-bid meeting held on February 24, 2026, and a Notice of Intended Decision scheduled for April 27, 2026. No recent opportunities from other states or additional issuing bodies appear in the available source material, suggesting limited standalone procurement visibility for this commodity code; milk bottles are typically embedded within broader school nutrition RFQs and IFBs rather than solicited as discrete items.