NIGP 39375: Shortening and Oil, Vegetable (Cooking Oil) (to Include Shortening Filter Powder)

NIGP 39375 Shortening and Oil, Vegetable (Cooking Oil) (To Include Shortening Filter Powder) is an Item code under which state and local governments solicit frying oils, vegetable cooking oils, and olive oils primarily for food service operations at institutional facilities — state supported living centers, correctional institutions, and school districts with federally funded child nutrition programs. The scope encompasses bulk oils in gallon containers and smaller service-ready formats, priced on a unit basis delivered FOB Destination with freight prepaid or itemized separately. Recent opportunities also bundle oils with related food products (french fries, prepared entrees, consumable supplies) in multi-line solicitations, though oil products are typically line items within broader food service IFBs rather than standalone procurements. Issuing bodies include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (multiple state supported living centers), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Granite School District in Utah, the State of Georgia, and other school districts and state agencies operating institutional food service operations.

Geographic activity centers on Texas, which has posted at least three recent opportunities under this code or overlapping NIGP 393 classes through HHSC (El Paso and Lufkin state supported living centers) and TDCJ. Utah (Granite School District) and Georgia also show recent solicitation activity. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017872 for FY27 consumables and noncontract items at Lufkin State Supported Living Center due August 25, 2026, which specified frying oil as a line item with estimated annual usage of 1 to 24 cases; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T26300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse areas, with response due May 4, 2026, covering approximately 382 line items including oleo margarine and other fats; and Granite School District IFB JB27301, due July 17, 2026, requesting extra virgin olive oil in 6/1-gallon container cases (first order 200 cases, annual projection 350 cases) for the Child Nutrition Department under federally funded Buy American contract terms. All recent IFBs require firm, fixed unit pricing on F.O.B. Destination or F.O.B. Origin terms with freight itemized separately.