NIGP 38565: Sandwiches, Ready-Made

NIGP 38565 Sandwiches, Ready-Made is an Item code under which state and local governments procure pre-packaged sandwiches and prepared sandwich products for school nutrition programs, hospital patient meals and cafeterias, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show this code captures both individual sandwich components bid through broader grocery and food-service procurement as well as standalone ready-made sandwich products delivered to schools, hospitals, and other public facilities. State and local issuing bodies under this code span school districts of varying size, county school systems, state agencies, county health systems, and municipal school boards. School districts dominate the activity—Northside Independent School District in Texas, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Early County Board of Education in Georgia, City Schools of Decatur in Georgia, Henry County Schools in Georgia, and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri all posted solicitations in the recent window—alongside hospital systems such as Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in California and state procurement offices handling multi-district cooperative food-service contracts.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, California, and Missouri, with Georgia appearing most frequently across multiple school districts and county systems. Representative recent opportunities include the Northside Independent School District IFB #2026-061 for Food, Restaurants, Catering Services & Concessions (34 product categories including boxed lunches and prepared meals, due June 11, 2026), Early County Board of Education's FY27 Food Bid encompassing 300+ food items with sandwich and bread specifications under the National School Lunch Program (due June 8, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 term contract requiring delivery to 45 schools plus distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026), and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center's ITB for pre-packaged food items including patient sandwiches, gourmet sandwiches, wraps, and specialty meal options in quantities ranging from 730 to 49,640 units annually (due February 27, 2026). Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30 with renewal options, firm pricing held 30 to 365 days from award, delivery to multiple locations with temperature and freshness requirements (typically 33°F to 40°F refrigeration and 5 to 14 days minimum remaining shelf life), and awards made to lowest responsive, responsible bidders on a single-vendor or line-item basis at the purchasing entity's discretion.