NIGP 39003: Bread, Refrigerated Dough

NIGP 39003 Bread, Refrigerated Dough (Item) represents refrigerated dough products and prepared bread items that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and general food service operations. The code captures fresh bread loaves, rolls, buns, and dough products delivered under firm-price contracts with strict specifications around whole-grain content, nutritional standards, and delivery schedules. Recent solicitations emphasize compliance with USDA Buy American requirements, HACCP food safety protocols, whole-grain minimums (typically 51 percent), domestic sourcing preferences, and temperature-controlled delivery to multiple locations. School districts dominate this code's activity, issuing competitive bids for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program support; correctional facilities and other institutional food service also participate. The mix of issuing bodies spans state departments, county school boards, county correctional systems, and independent school districts across multiple states.

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Georgia, with solicitations posted by the State of Georgia, Early County Board of Education (FY27 Food Bid, due June 8, 2026), Hall County Board of Commissioners for inmate bread supply (IFB, due May 21, 2026), Dougherty County Board of Education for fresh whole-grain bread products including sandwich bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, mini slider buns, and hoagie rolls (IFB 007-SNS-2027, due May 21, 2026), Henry County Schools (IFB due May 4, 2026), and Columbia County, Georgia (IFB Fresh Bread, due May 29, 2026). Outside Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited bread items as part of broader grocery procurements (due April 29, 2026). The Early County Schools solicitation exemplifies scope: line-by-line bids for bread products meeting USDA 2024 whole-grain specifications, delivery Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., firm pricing for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 with options to extend three months and potential renewal for additional one-year terms. Dougherty County Schools sought five bread product categories totaling approximately 14,000 units (2,500 loaves sandwich bread, 5,000 packs hamburger buns, 3,000 packs hot dog buns, 1,500 packs mini slider buns, 3,000 packs hoagie rolls) delivered to 24 school sites over a 40-week period with firm pricing and no fuel surcharges. Contracts uniformly require proof of $500,000 to $1,000,000 general liability insurance, E-Verify compliance, debarment verification, food recall and biosecurity procedures, and allow piggybacking by other school districts on identical terms.