NIGP 95245: Food Stamps/Coupons

NIGP 95245 Food Stamps/Coupons, an Item code, encompasses food commodity procurement and human services grant funding that state and local governments use to administer nutrition assistance and food-related community programs. In practice, the code captures two distinct buying patterns: direct commodity food purchases for school meal programs and grants to nonprofit organizations delivering food-assistance and broader human services. School districts and cities procure frozen proteins, produce, dairy, and grain products in bulk from manufacturers and commercial suppliers, often in quantities supporting thousands of daily meals. Human services departments and city agencies issue multi-year competitive grants to nonprofits for programs addressing food insecurity and related community needs, requiring evidence-based program design, performance metrics, and organizational capacity documentation.

Recent solicitations come from school districts and municipal governments with direct procurement authority. The City of New Haven and Board of Education Food Service posted a commodity food RFP (June 2026) seeking over 200 line items across 14 product categories — frozen fish, beef, chicken, dairy, fruit, and beverages — to support approximately 17,500 to 19,000 daily meals across the 2026-2027 school year and summer program, with a mandatory 25% participation goal from minority-owned and women-owned businesses and a contract period through June 30, 2027 with optional renewals. The City of Santa Monica issued a Human Services Grants Program RFP (September 2026, response due December 14, 2026) inviting nonprofit organizations to propose four-year grant agreements addressing community needs, with annual funding contingent on performance and City Council approval. Activity appears concentrated in California and Connecticut; the source does not support a broader geographic characterization.