NIGP 96125: Dairy Products Processing Services

NIGP 96125 Dairy Products Processing Services, an Item code, encompasses the procurement of fluid milk, dairy products, and related items for delivery to school nutrition programs, with state and local school districts serving as the primary buyers. The work involves sourcing Grade A pasteurized milk products enriched with vitamins, supplemental dairy items, and sometimes non-dairy juice products, all subject to USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable guidelines and delivered on recurring weekly schedules to multiple district facilities. Vendors must meet food safety compliance standards including HACCP certification, criminal background clearance for personnel with student contact, maintain appropriate insurance with the school district named as additional insured, and operate through district-managed electronic ordering systems. Procurement activity under this code is driven almost entirely by independent school districts operating across multiple campuses, each issuing multi-year competitively bid contracts with renewable terms and pricing structures tied to federal milk marketing orders or commodity indices such as the Consumer Price Index.

Recent opportunities show school district procurement concentrated in Florida and Texas. Pinellas County School District posted IFB 26JG021 on May 13, 2026, for milk, dairy, and juice products serving approximately 117 facilities under a two-year contract valued at approximately $22.5 million, with response due June 11, 2026; the solicitation divides deliverables into three groups with milk pricing indexed to April 2026 raw milk costs and dairy and juice products at firm fixed rates. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio issued RFP 2026047 on April 14, 2026, for Grade A homogenized milk compliant with Child Nutrition guidelines for 83 elementary schools, 21 middle schools, 13 high schools, and additional support sites, with proposals due May 6, 2026, and pricing indexed monthly to Texas Milk Marketing Area Federal Milk Order No. 126 Class I Raw Milk pricing. Both districts require five-to-seven-day-per-week delivery windows with early morning to early-afternoon time slots, product sampling before award, and compliance with the Federal Buy American Policy where applicable.