NIGP 39332: Baking Powder

NIGP 39332 Baking Powder, an Item code, represents a narrow commodity line within food procurement that state and local governments buy primarily as an ingredient component within larger grocery and food-service supply contracts rather than as a standalone line item. Recent solicitations show baking powder appearing as part of institutional food purchasing—included in comprehensive cafeteria supply bids for correctional facilities, child nutrition programs, and school districts, or specified within broader kitchen-product procurement vehicles. The work involves suppliers who can meet USDA grade requirements, provide detailed product documentation including nutritional data and ingredient lists, deliver on FOB Destination terms to designated warehouse locations, and comply with federal food safety standards such as HACCP and FDA regulations. Issuing bodies span state departments (Georgia, Texas), special-purpose districts (Head Start providers, school districts), and regional cooperative purchasing arrangements; school districts and state food-service agencies appear as primary buyers, often consolidating baking powder procurement within multi-line-item competitive bids rather than issuing single-commodity RFQs.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri based on recent postings. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) issuing IFB No. 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for cafeteria food products including baking supplies across five Texas warehouse regions with a response deadline of May 4, 2026; GCI procuring baking powder on behalf of Barrow County, Georgia in April 2026 for delivery to a warehouse in Milledgeville with a due date of April 13, 2026; Head Start of Greater Dallas issuing IFB No. 26-GP in June 2026 for grocery products including baking components to support child care programs, with sealed bids due June 24, 2026 and an estimated contract value of $969,460.94; and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) soliciting grocery items for the 2026–2027 school year in March 2026 encompassing over 900 line items with electronic bids due April 29, 2026. Baking powder appears as a specialty ingredient line within broader food-service supply contracts rather than as high-frequency standalone procurement, limiting visibility and demand signal relative to larger commodity codes.