NIGP 39070: Seafood, Fresh

NIGP 39070 Fresh Seafood, an Item code, encompasses fresh and locally sourced seafood products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, including K-12 school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, youth detention centers, and municipal food distribution initiatives. The code captures both whole fresh seafood and value-added seafood preparations, with sourcing preferences increasingly tilted toward locally harvested or regionally produced items. State and local buyers under this code range from individual school districts and county boards of education to state correctional authorities, regional planning councils acting as cooperative purchasing vehicles on behalf of constituent municipalities, and economic-development entities managing municipal market operations and food-system infrastructure.

Recent solicitations reflect concentrated activity in the Southeast and Massachusetts. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council issued two opportunities for local seafood to K-12 districts across Massachusetts—an RFI in May 2026 seeking capacity from harvesters, processors, and distributors across New England and New York, followed by an RFP due July 2, 2026 for regional school districts; the Town of Westport, Massachusetts posted an IFB on October 15, 2026 for up to 2,000 bushels of fecal coliform-contaminated quahogs from DMF-certified areas, due November 2, 2026; Georgia school districts including Hancock County and Early County and Tattnall County have solicited food products inclusive of seafood and protein categories for school nutrition programs in June and July 2026; and Nevada Youth Training Center posted quarterly meat solicitations in June and August 2026 that include protein categories broader than fresh seafood alone. The code shows modest but recurring activity from school districts seeking compliance with whole-food nutrition standards and local-sourcing mandates, with secondary demand from correctional and youth-serving facilities. Geographic concentration leans toward Massachusetts (regional cooperative procurement and local-sourcing mandates) and Georgia (school district and state-level institutional food service), with sporadic activity in Nevada.