NIGP 39352: Flour, Binder

NIGP 39352 Flour, Binder is an Item code encompassing baking ingredients and binding agents that state and local governments procure as part of broader food-service and institutional-supply contracts. Recent solicitations show that flour and related binders are purchased alongside complementary food products — candy, beverages, and general kitchen supplies — rather than as standalone commodity buys. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities such as hospitals and state-run food-service operations. These agencies typically bundle flour and binders into blanket purchase orders or master supply agreements that consolidate multiple food and kitchen product categories under a single contract vehicle to streamline procurement and vendor management.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017656 in July 2026 for candy and beverages for Big Spring State Hospital, with a response deadline of July 28, 2026, suggesting that flour and binders may be solicited within a similar institutional food-service and kitchen-supply framework across Texas state agencies. The State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and other kitchen products solicitation (PE55645NONST2026000000009) in May 2026 with a June 22, 2026 response date, indicating parallel activity in Georgia state procurement. The limited recent-opportunities data does not establish a clear geographic concentration; activity appears distributed across state-level institutional and health-service agencies in Texas and Georgia, with the expectation that similar procurement cycles occur across other states managing hospital, detention, school, and other institutional food-service operations.