NIGP 39063: Poultry, Dressed

NIGP 39063 Poultry, Dressed (Item) covers dressed poultry products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. Recent solicitations show demand for fully cooked, individually quick frozen (IQF) chicken products in multiple forms—breaded patties, whole muscle fillets, popcorn chicken, nuggets, and shredded chicken—as well as raw poultry processing services that convert USDA commodity chicken into finished meal components meeting federal school meal nutrition standards. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with Georgia emerging as a significant market hub; state health and human services agencies and unified school districts in California also solicit under this code. The work spans both direct procurement of finished poultry products and outsourced processing services where vendors transform bulk USDA commodities into specification-compliant menu items.

School districts in Georgia—including Cherokee County School District, DeKalb County School District, and Early County Board of Education—have posted multiple RFPs and ITBs for poultry and poultry-processing services since late February 2026, with response dates ranging from early March through mid-June 2026. Cherokee County School District issued RFP CP2026 (due June 11, 2026) for fourteen chicken product line items produced to CN-label standards with 196 to 1,078 cases projected annually. DeKalb County School District's ITB 26-729 for USDA Product Processing (due March 31, 2026) sought fully cooked poultry items including drumsticks, wings, popcorn chicken, and bone-in chicken for school meals, with a virtual pre-bid conference held March 17, 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumables including poultry products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, with a historical contract value of $1.5 million for the prior 12-month period. Buy American compliance (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), HACCP certification, food recall procedures, and CN labeling or product formulation documentation are consistent requirements across these solicitations. Pricing structures typically require firm fixed unit rates, case pricing, or price-per-serving submissions with minimal escalation permitted only at agency discretion or indexed to USDA or CPI data.