NIGP 38596: Vegetables, Frozen

NIGP 38596 Vegetables, Frozen is an Item code that covers commodity-level procurement of frozen vegetable products by state and local governments, with recent solicitations showing demand for specific varieties in bulk quantities—including frozen corn, mixed vegetables, carrots, potatoes, and assorted blends—supplied primarily to correctional facilities, state health and human services agencies, and school districts. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections (Oregon, Texas), state health and human services commissions, county school districts (Ben Hill, Early, Burke, Bulloch, Decatur, Dallas), county correctional facilities (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), and regional school system cooperatives, with Oregon's Department of Corrections appearing as a repeat buyer across multiple recent opportunities. Oregon Department of Corrections issued three separate ITBs in the past four months for frozen carrots, frozen assorted vegetables, and frozen corn on a standing basis to supply institutional meal services, while Texas Health and Human Services Commission has solicited frozen vegetables alongside other food products for state hospitals and supported living centers across multiple competitive cycles.

Geographic concentration centers on Texas and Georgia school districts, which dominate the recent opportunities block with numerous district-level RFPs and IFBs for multi-category food procurement including frozen vegetables as line items, and Oregon state procurement, which shows sustained demand through the Department of Corrections' routine frozen vegetable acquisitions. Recent representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' July 2026 ITBs for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sweet corn (due July 24, 2026) and 120,000 pounds of frozen potato products (due July 24, 2026), both issued by the Purchasing/Contracts Division and priced FOB Destination to Salem with delivery required within 30–45 days and historical reference pricing at $0.498 per pound for corn and $0.3811 per pound for potatoes; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products including NIGP Class/Item 385/390/380/393 categories to supply El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with prior-period value of $1.5 million); and representative school district procurements such as Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 Master Grocery K-12 term contract (due April 27, 2026) encompassing frozen products across 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens, and Ben Hill County Schools' June 2026 food bid (due June 15, 2026) for fresh and frozen produce across four school sites. Oregon applies a combined ten-percent preference (five percent for Oregon-fabricated or processed goods, five percent for resident bidders) on frozen vegetable procurements; school districts enforce Buy American requirements, HACCP compliance, and product labeling standards including nutrition facts and whole-grain specifications aligned with federal child nutrition programs.