NIGP 38566: Seafood, Freeze Dried (Not Entrees)

NIGP 38566 Seafood, Freeze Dried (Not Entrees), an Item code, does not appear explicitly in recent state and local solicitations. The source records show extensive school district, county board of education, and municipal procurement activity across Georgia—most prominently Early County Schools, Richmond County Board of Education, Lamar County School District, Dougherty County Board of Education, Treutlen County School Food Authority, Decatur City Schools, Houston County School District, Douglas County School System, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, and Invest Atlanta—but none of the posted opportunities name freeze-dried seafood as a line item or product category. Recent procurement activity centers on fresh, frozen, and canned proteins; fresh produce; dairy; grains; and prepared entrées for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance, as well as supplemental grocery sourcing for county departments and municipal market operations.

The absence of recent solicitations explicitly calling for freeze-dried seafood under this code suggests minimal current state and local demand for this specific commodity in Georgia, the primary jurisdiction represented in the source records. School nutrition programs and institutional food service procurements active in the region emphasize fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable conventional protein forms rather than specialty processed seafood products. Business development professionals should monitor emerging RFP activity in specialized institutional food service (correctional facilities, senior services, healthcare systems) or value-added prepared-food procurement where freeze-dried seafood might serve as an ingredient or component, but current market signals from posted opportunities do not support active pursuit of this code.