NIGP 95230: Delivered Meals (Including Shelf Stable Meals and Congregate Meals)

NIGP 95230 Delivered Meals (Including Shelf Stable Meals And Congregate Meals), Item tier, covers prepared meal services that state and local governments procure for seniors, children in school and Head Start programs, homeless individuals in emergency housing, and other vulnerable populations—ranging from hot congregate meals at senior centers to pre-packaged shelf-stable meals delivered to homes and interim housing sites. The issuing bodies span city and county departments of aging services, municipal parks and recreation, school districts (traditional and charter), county offices of homeless services, and regional or state agencies administering Older Americans Act and CACFP programs. Work solicited under this code includes meal preparation and daily delivery at fixed volume commitments, vendor-provided food service management for school nutrition programs, multi-location vended meal services compliant with USDA guidelines, and emergency response feeding capacity. Scope qualifiers frequently include dietary accommodations (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, diabetic, cultural cuisines, allergen-free, halal, kosher), HACCP compliance and food safety licensing, and transportation logistics to multiple delivery points. Contractors typically furnish labor, equipment, packaging, and all delivery coordination; pricing is structured as per-meal unit rates, often fixed for initial terms with annual increases capped at CPI-U or percentage floors, or as cost-reimbursable arrangements with match requirements.

Geographic concentration in recent postings spans California (Milpitas senior meals, San Bernardino County interim housing, Orange County vending machines, Santa Monica grants), Texas (San Bernardino interim housing, H-GAC regional purchasing, AACOG congregate and home-delivered meals, BakerRipley CACFP in Houston area, Northside ISD catering, Bryan ISD pizza), Colorado (Boulder County Head Start meals, Charter School Institute Durango), Georgia (D.A.T.E. Academy, DuBois Integrity Academy, Meliora School, Clayton County home-delivered meals), Florida (Hillsborough County senior meals, Pinellas County School District), Oregon (Portland Parks vended meals, ODHS emergency feeding), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County home-delivered meals), Virginia (City of Alexandria senior centers), New Mexico (Los Alamos County food pantry), and Washington/multi-state regional cooperatives. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Milpitas RFP (due Nov. 10, 2026) for senior nutrition meals at 88 per day across 244 service days with cultural diversity requirements and firm fixed pricing; San Bernardino County Office of Homeless Services ITB (due Oct. 15, 2026) for pre-packaged meals and snacks at interim housing sites with HACCP delivery schedules; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ITB (due June 25, 2026) for senior meal preparation and delivery at congregate sites and home delivery across 25 locations over three years at $17.8 million; and the Alamo Area Council of Governments procurement (closed June 30, 2026) for congregate and home-delivered meals under Title III C1/C2 with $3.86 million in estimated funding across four-year terms beginning October 1, 2026.