NIGP 39369: Pickles, Relishes, and Olives (Including Pickled Foods)

NIGP 39369 Pickles, Relishes, and Olives (Including Pickled Foods), an Item code, covers pickled vegetables and condiment products supplied to state agencies, school districts, healthcare facilities, and other public entities. State and local governments buy pickled foods as both standalone grocery items for institutional food service and as components within broader food-supply contracts serving cafeterias, state-supported living centers, and child nutrition programs. Recent solicitations show pickles appearing either as discrete line items within larger foodservice RFPs and IFBs or as targeted single-commodity procurements. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services issued a standalone pickle supply contract (Solicitation S2910000018089, due October 13, 2026) with mandatory bidders' conference and site visit, while Texas Health and Human Services Commission and multiple Georgia school boards incorporated pickles and pickled vegetables into comprehensive food-supply IFBs serving state hospitals, living centers, and school nutrition programs for fiscal 2026–2027. Issuing bodies include state purchasing offices, county and municipal school nutrition authorities, state healthcare and human services agencies, and special-purpose districts; school districts appear consistently across recent opportunities.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and the Pacific Northwest, with particular density in Georgia school districts conducting annual food-supply procurements. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Administrative Services pickle procurement (demand-driven quantities, competitive unit pricing with volume discounts, firm contract term with annual appropriations contingency), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission supplemental food procurement (IFB HHS0016792v2, maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years, 210 line items including pickled items, bidders required to respond to minimum 95 percent of items, firm fixed pricing through initial period), and multiple Georgia school boards issuing IFBs for food and paper goods spanning produce, frozen items, and condiments with Buy American requirements and USDA compliance mandates. School district contracts typically run one year with optional multi-year renewals, weekly or bi-weekly delivery, and pricing firm for initial terms with escalation clauses tied to USDA or Consumer Price Index data.