NIGP 39351: Flour

NIGP 39351 Flour, an Item code, covers dry flour products supplied to state and local institutions — primarily schools, correctional facilities, state hospitals, and residential care centers — as a line item within broader food service procurement. State and local governments buy all-purpose flour and specialty wheat flour products in bulk (typically 50-pound bags) as components of meal preparation and baking operations across multiple facility types and geographic areas. The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments (California Department of General Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia state agencies), school districts (Liberty County Board of Education, Douglas County School System), and special-purpose districts buying cooperatives. These jurisdictions procure flour alongside broader food baskets — dry bakery mixes, proteins, dairy, grains, produce, and canned goods — in multi-year fixed-price contracts with optional renewal periods and delivery to distributed networks of facilities.

Recent activity spans California, Texas, and Georgia. California Department of General Services issued an IFB in February 2026 for all-purpose flour (Group 2) serving 51 state institutions across Northern and Southern California, with estimated annual spend of $164,444.80 and a mandatory Bidders' Conference on February 19, 2026, with bids due February 25, 2026. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products (including flour and tortillas as line items) to supply five geographic distribution areas, with the response deadline extended via Addendum No. 2 to May 4, 2026. Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products to the El Paso State Supported Living Center covering NIGP classes 380, 385, 390, and 393 with a response deadline of July 13, 2026; the historical contract value for the prior period was $1.5 million. Liberty County Board of Education, Georgia, issued an IFB for food products (over 400 line items including grains and flour) for school nutrition on April 29, 2026, requiring weekly delivery to 13 school sites with a 98% service level standard. Flour procurement typically requires compliance with USDA enrichment standards, federal food safety regulations, Buy American sourcing preferences where applicable, and nutritional standards limiting whole-grain and artificial-ingredient content.