NIGP 26986: Supplements, Without Vitamins

NIGP 26986 Supplements, Without Vitamins is an Item code under which state and local governments procure non-vitamin nutritional supplements for institutional use, primarily across healthcare, detention, and human services settings. The code captures dietary supplements—including mineral supplements, amino acids, protein powders, herbal extracts, and other formulations excluding vitamin products—that jurisdictions purchase for patient care, inmate nutrition, or resident wellness programs. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state departments of corrections, county detention facilities, municipal health departments, state Medicaid agencies, and regional public health authorities, with corrections departments appearing as repeat buyers given the standardized nutritional requirements across prison systems.

No recent state and local contract opportunities appear in the available records for NIGP 26986 Supplements, Without Vitamins. The absence of posted solicitations suggests either low procurement frequency under this specific Item code, consolidation of supplement purchasing under broader health services or commissary contracts at the state or cooperative-purchasing level, or absorption into larger food service and nutritional-products agreements that may roll multiple commodity lines together rather than isolating non-vitamin supplements as a standalone line item.