NIGP 38080: Sherbet

NIGP 38080 Sherbet, an Item code, encompasses frozen dessert products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and cafeteria operations. The work being solicited involves supplying sherbet and related frozen treats — sherbet cups and bars, ice cream, sorbet, gelato, and fruit-based frozen products — to schools, juvenile justice facilities, state institutions, and other public entities. Products must comply with USDA Smart Snack Standards or FDA and USDA food safety requirements depending on the customer, maintain specified shelf-life minimums, and often include inside delivery to multiple sites. Issuing bodies include state procurement divisions, state departments of general services, county school districts, and specialized state agencies. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the State of California Department of General Services, the State of Georgia, and the Cobb County School District in Georgia have all solicited under this code recently.

Procurement activity is concentrated in Texas and Georgia, with California also active in the frozen dessert space. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T27380M1.2 in August 2026 for dairy and juice scheduled deliveries (including sherbet) to eight Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities and state agency sites, with bids due August 25, 2026 and a pre-bid conference on August 12; the solicitation covered 182 line items with expected quantities ranging from single cases to 60,000 cases per item and a contract term through November 2027 with renewal options extending to November 2029. The Cobb County School District in Georgia issued RFP P26132 in May 2026 for frozen treats including sherbet cups and bars to supply approximately 97 schools district-wide on an as-needed basis with estimated annual expenditures of approximately $525,000; proposals were due June 15, 2026, with award expected in July 2026 for a one-year initial term renewable for four additional one-year periods. The State of California Department of General Services posted IFB 0000038924 in April 2026 for pudding mix, gelatin, and ready-to-serve pudding products to state institutions with bids due May 14, 2026; a mandatory bidders' conference was held May 6, 2026, with an initial contract term of two years and two optional one-year extensions.