NIGP 38512: Cakes, Cookies, Dough, Pastries, etc.

NIGP 38512 Cakes, Cookies, Dough, Pastries, Etc., an Item code, covers prepared and specialty baked goods that state and local governments procure as part of larger food-service contracts for institutional dining, school meals, park concessions, and special events. The work being solicited includes production or supply of branded and unbranded baked items—cakes, cookies, pastries, bread products, and prepared dough—meeting USDA grading, nutritional, and food-safety specifications, with delivery on fixed schedules to multiple institutional locations. Issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, State of Illinois), counties (Collier County, Florida), independent school districts (Early County Board of Education in Georgia, Northside Independent School District in Texas), and specialized facilities including state hospitals, state supported living centers, and regional parks. School districts and state health agencies appear as repeat buyers, with Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy posting multiple sequential quarterly food orders throughout 2026 and Texas HHSC procuring frozen and supplemental food products across statewide institutional networks.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Florida, and Georgia. Representative opportunities include Collier County Board of County Commissioners' Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) for food services at North Collier Regional Park (response due March 6, 2025), offering a three-year concession contract with 10-point local-vendor preference; Texas HHSC's Invitation for Bids (IFB HHS0017338) for frozen food products to state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, with approximately $9 million estimated annual volume and maximum potential value of $19 million over three years (bids due August 18, 2026); and Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (bids due June 8, 2026), emphasizing domestic sourcing, whole-grain compliance, and low-sodium formulations. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio solicited baked goods and catering as part of a 34-category food procurement (IFB 2026-061, bids due June 11, 2026) serving 83 elementary, 21 middle, and 13 high schools.