NIGP 64008: Bags, Food Storage, Including Freezer Type

NIGP 64008 Bags, Food Storage, Including Freezer Type (Item) covers food storage bags and related containment products that state and local governments procure as components of broader food service and nutrition programs — most visibly as line items in school lunch, child and adult care feeding, and emergency food distribution contracts. Recent solicitations show the code operating not as a standalone commodity but as one element within larger food service supply packages where jurisdictions bundle bags, food items, paper goods, and janitorial supplies into single RFPs or IFBs. Issuing bodies include state departments managing nutrition programs, city municipal agencies running child care feeding services, county school nutrition departments, and school food authorities. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the City of Edinburg (Texas), and Colquitt County School Nutrition (Georgia) have posted solicitations in the past four months.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, with documented recent opportunities in New Jersey, Texas, and Georgia. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture posted solicitation 26DPP01313 on August 12, 2026 (due October 29, 2026) for food storage and warehousing services across two zones managing approximately 584,000 cases of USDA donated foods valued at approximately $20 million annually under the National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Feeding Program, and Summer Food Service Program. The City of Edinburg, Texas issued RFP 2026-017 on August 11, 2026 (due August 4, 2026) for CACFP meal program supplies including food storage bags as one nonfood category among five supply categories serving approximately 400 children daily. Colquitt County School Nutrition (Georgia) posted sealed-bid IFB SY26-27 on May 11, 2026 (due June 8, 2026) for school year 2026-2027 food and paper goods, with food storage and containment implicitly included in the 50+ paper product line items. Pursuit intensity varies with procurement cycle timing — school district bids typically consolidate ahead of academic years, while state nutrition programs run year-round with episodic facility or supply refreshes.