NIGP 380: Foods: Dairy Products, Fresh

NIGP 380 Foods: Dairy Products, Fresh is a Class code capturing state and local procurement of milk, cheese, yogurt, and related dairy items for institutional food service operations including schools, detention facilities, long-term care centers, and special events. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies spanning school districts (Stockton Unified, Pinellas County, New Haven Public Schools, Klein ISD), county governments (Walworth County Wisconsin, Beaufort County South Carolina, Santa Clara County), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Michigan Department of Technology), and municipal governments requesting dairy supply for senior nutrition and emergency food programs. The work being solicited ranges from weekly milk and juice delivery to large school districts serving thousands of meals daily, to smaller long-term care facility supply, to canteen-stocking for state supported living centers. Contracts typically impose USDA compliance, Buy American provisions where applicable, Grade A or better product standards, cold-chain delivery windows (often 6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at school sites), and pricing tied to commodity indices such as USDA skim milk and butterfat or Consumer Price Index adjustments. Insurance requirements commonly mandate $1 million general liability per occurrence and workers' compensation coverage. Contract terms run one year with four to five optional renewals, and award methodology typically favors lowest responsive and responsible bidder on total annual cost.

Geographic activity spans multiple states with recent concentrated solicitation in California (Stockton Unified, Pinellas County Florida nearby, New Haven Connecticut), Texas (HHSC, Comptroller statewide procurement), Utah (Division of Purchasing cooperative), and upper Midwest (Walworth County Wisconsin, Michigan state procurement). Representative opportunities include Walworth County Wisconsin (sealed bid for milk and dairy to long-term care and school, due November 2, 2026, IFB format); Stockton Unified School District (USDA-compliant dairy and juice under ITB 26-17, due June 26, 2026, with milk quantities reaching 887,075 cases annually); Pinellas County School District (milk, dairy, and juice across approximately 117 facilities, two-year contract commencing August 2026, valued at approximately $22.5 million including renewals, bids due June 11, 2026); and the Texas Comptroller (scheduled delivery of dairy and juice to multiple state agencies under IFB 304T-26-380M1.1, bids due July 20, 2026). The State of Utah Division of Purchasing is also actively procuring dairy products excluding milk through a five-year cooperative purchasing vehicle (due June 4, 2026) with historical annual utilization averaging $1.92 million. School districts and state agencies dominate the recent-opportunity profile, reflecting stable institutional demand across multiple jurisdictions.