NIGP 37036: Peelers, Slicers, and Dicers

NIGP 37036 Peelers, Slicers, And Dicers is an Item code covering manual and powered cutting equipment used in commercial food preparation, institutional kitchens, and cafeteria operations. State and local governments procure these tools primarily through school districts, corrections departments, university dining services, and municipal recreation and parks departments that operate food-service facilities. The code captures standalone equipment ranging from hand-held vegetable peelers and mandoline slicers to powered commercial dicers and processors, as well as replacement blades, guards, and maintenance parts for existing units. Purchasing tends to be routine and decentralized, with orders flowing through school kitchen reorders, facility upgrades, and food-service equipment replacements rather than as major capital procurements.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities posted under NIGP 37036, limiting visibility into current issuing-body concentration, geographic spread, and active solicitations. This absence does not indicate dormant demand — food-service equipment procurement in schools, corrections, and municipal facilities remains steady — but rather reflects the code's typical purchase pattern: many small, routine orders placed through standing agreements, cooperatives, and direct buys with equipment distributors rather than through formal RFP or ITB notice. Firms pursuing this code should focus on cooperative purchasing vehicles serving school districts and municipal facilities, pre-established food-service equipment distribution agreements, and direct outreach to facility management and dining services procurement officers rather than relying on posted solicitation notices.