NIGP 96136: Food Administrative Services (incl. Policy, Standards, Evaluation, etc.)

NIGP 96136 Food Administrative Services (Including Policy, Standards, Evaluation, Etc.), an Item code, covers the administrative, planning, and operational oversight functions that state and local governments procure to manage food programs — spanning food service operations at jails and schools, municipal grocery market development, mobile food-access programs, and food distribution logistics. The recent opportunities show governments buying food service management contracts (full operational responsibility including meal preparation, staffing, compliance, and costs), food distribution and supply-chain services (including local-sourcing requirements and cold-chain logistics), grocery retail market development and operation, and program planning and feasibility assessment through RFIs. Issuing bodies include county sheriffs' offices, school districts, municipal convention authorities, cities, and economic development entities; a county jail food service RFP, a school district food management FSMC contract, a convention center food and beverage operation, and city-level food access initiatives all posted within the past four months.

Geographic activity centers on Florida (Tampa Convention Center, DeBary irrigation integration supporting park food functions), Georgia (Worth County Jail food service), Missouri (Parkway School District), and Georgia again (Invest Atlanta's municipal market and food distributor RFP for Priority Communities). Representative recent opportunities include Worth County Board of Commissioners issuing an RFP for food service operations at Worth County Jail due August 17, 2026, with a mandatory pre-bid facility tour on July 24, 2026, covering full meal preparation and compliance with Georgia Jail Standards for an expected 90–100-inmate population; Parkway School District in Missouri soliciting Food Service Management Company proposals due June 26, 2026, to operate the district's child nutrition programs (National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Summer programs) under per-meal fee or flat-fee structures; Invest Atlanta issuing a dual-track RFP due August 6, 2026, for retail grocery market operators and food distributors serving Priority Communities, with Category B distributors required to source 10% of product volume from Georgia-based producers at contract start and Category A grocery operators mandated to accept SNAP/EBT, WIC, and TANF from opening day; and the City of Cincinnati posting an RFI (not a procurement) on September 30, 2026, due October 23, 2026, to solicit information from nonprofits, mobile market operators, distributors, and community organizations on developing a mobile market program for healthy food access.