NIGP 39374: Seafood, Canned

NIGP 39374 Seafood, Canned, an Item code, covers ready-to-eat canned fish and seafood products procured by state and local school nutrition programs, institutional food services, and municipal food distribution operations. School districts dominate the active buyer base, soliciting canned seafood as part of comprehensive child nutrition program bids that span protein, produce, dairy, and grain categories; state agencies and special-purpose procurement vehicles (cooperative purchasing organizations) also participate. The work consists primarily of direct-delivery food procurement organized by line item, with vendors competing on price, compliance with USDA Child Nutrition and Grade A standards, domestic content requirements (typically 51 percent minimum), HACCP food safety certification, and ability to meet weekly or bi-weekly delivery schedules to central kitchens or individual school locations.

Canned seafood activity concentrates in Georgia and Utah, with additional recent opportunities in Connecticut, Missouri, and Texas. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing issued a five-year RFP for bulk canned foods (including seafood as one category among fruits, vegetables, sauces, and soups) closing June 4, 2026, with historical eligible-user spending of $5.03 million (2020–2025) and minimum order limits not exceeding $600; the State of Georgia issued a general food supplies IFB due June 22, 2026, and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued an IFB on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for cafeteria food products (including pollock fish portions) due May 4, 2026, with delivery to six TDCJ warehouses across Texas. School district procurement dominates the volume: Tattnall County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited sealed bids for school nutrition food due July 22, 2026; Effingham County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB for grocery items due June 1, 2026; Houston County School District (Georgia) issued ITB 27-001 for direct-delivery food valued at approximately $14 million annually due April 17, 2026; Richmond County Board of Education (Georgia) issued RFQ 26-204 for grocery products due May 27, 2026; and Lamar County School District (Georgia) issued six separate IFBs for nutrition program food due May 20, 2026. The Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) solicited grocery items comprising over 900 line items due April 29, 2026, and the City of New Haven and Board of Education (Connecticut) issued an RFP for commodity food items with a mandatory 25 percent MBE/WBE participation goal due June 16, 2026, serving approximately 17,500–19,000 meals daily.