NIGP 39353: Fruits, Vegetables, and Full Meal Entrees, Dehydrated

NIGP 39353 Fruits, Vegetables, And Full Meal Entrees, Dehydrated (Item) covers fresh and processed produce, canned and frozen vegetables, meal components, and related food products that state and local procurement offices source primarily for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food operations. Recent solicitations show schools driving the bulk of activity—districts procure fresh produce, frozen vegetables, canned goods, and packaged meal components to meet Child Nutrition Act compliance and USDA Buy American requirements, while county governments and state agencies source similar items for senior centers, state-supported living facilities, and emergency food programs. The mix of issuing bodies spans school districts (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Fairfax County, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham County, Pascagoula-Gautier), county commissions (Hillsborough County), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHSC, State of Georgia), municipalities (City of Bridgeport, City of Dallas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative). School nutrition procurement dominates the code's recent activity, with 11 of 15 opportunities naming K-12 or post-secondary food service as the primary customer.

Geographic spread is concentrated in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, with the highest recent activity in Georgia (four school district solicitations, two state-level opportunities), Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), Texas (HHSC, City of Dallas), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier). Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 2026, due April 27) seeking weekly delivery of grocery products to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens with pricing evaluation on total annual cost; Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (February 2026, due March 4) covering 30 districts across two geographic areas with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending and line-item award authority; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services (June 2026, due June 25) with an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million and mandatory caterer licensure on the Florida Department of Elderly Affairs Adult Care Food Program list; and City of Bridgeport's IFB for grocery items to support the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department (June 2026, due June 30) across 1,100 line items with Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content and delivery Monday through Friday to central warehouse and school sites.