NIGP 38565: Sandwiches, Ready-Made

NIGP 38565 Sandwiches, Ready-Made is an Item code that encompasses prepared food and beverage services state and local governments procure, ranging from standalone sandwich production and concession-stand operations to component ingredients and ready-made items supplied as part of broader food-service contracts. Recent solicitations show the code covers diverse food-service venues and customer bases: school breakfast and lunch programs requiring sandwiches and prepared meal components alongside fresh produce and dairy; park concession operations serving athletic events and family recreation; and school district blanket-purchase frameworks for catering, boxed lunches, and food-truck service to events. Issuing bodies include county parks and recreation divisions, state procurement offices (notably Georgia), independent school districts, and boards of education. The work requires compliance with USDA nutrition standards where applicable, health and food-safety permitting, commercial liability insurance, and often E-Verify verification. Vendors compete on menu variety, operational capacity, pricing discipline, and ability to deliver to multiple locations on short timelines.

Recent activity spans Florida, Georgia, and Texas. Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) on October 8, 2026, with proposals due March 6, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. EST, for food and beverage concession operations across North Collier Regional Park and ancillary facilities; the ITN applied a 10-point local-vendor preference and evaluated qualified vendors on menu variety, food-safety compliance, and operational plans across a three-year term. Early County Board of Education (Georgia) posted a line-by-line food bid on May 11, 2026, due June 8, 2026, seeking 300+ food items including meats, dairy, produce, and prepared goods for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with delivery to three schools and contract term from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio issued Invitation for Bid #2026-061 on May 5, 2026, due June 11, 2026, for food and catering services encompassing 34 product categories (bagels, barbecue, boxed lunches, cakes, coffee, prepared meals from food trucks) with delivery across the District's 128 schools on a blanket purchase-order basis and one-year term.