NIGP 39395: Recycled Grocer's Miscellaneous Products

NIGP 39395 Recycled Grocer's Miscellaneous Products, an Item code, encompasses food, supplies, and other kitchen products that state and local governments purchase for institutional food service operations. The recent solicitation activity shows state agencies and school districts buying fresh produce, eggs, and associated kitchen supplies through both direct procurement and cooperative purchasing vehicles. The Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP for fresh produce and eggs illustrates the scope: approximately 72 line items covering apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, celery, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, onions, citrus fruits, potatoes, and Grade A large eggs to serve 30 school districts across Georgia, with cost-plus pricing pegged to USDA Atlanta Terminal Wholesale Market Report and Urner Barry commodity indices. State departments and school districts dominate the issuing-body mix under this code, with school systems using cooperative purchasing arrangements (the GEC Buying Cooperative) to aggregate demand across multiple districts and reduce per-unit costs.

Georgia shows the most recent activity. The State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and other kitchen products bid (Solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009) with a due date of June 22, 2026, and the Douglas County School System issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative on February 4, 2026, with a March 4, 2026 response deadline and an estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. Vendors must demonstrate a minimum of five years' experience with public school systems and maintain commercial general liability insurance of $1 million per person and per occurrence, business automobile liability of $1 million combined single limit, and workers' compensation insurance of $500,000, with no set-aside restrictions limiting participation by disadvantaged or minority-owned enterprises. Awards are made on a line-item basis to allow multiple vendors to supply different product categories based on lowest qualified pricing, and the contract includes automatic renewal for additional one-year terms not to exceed five years total.