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

NIGP 96136 Food Administrative Services (Incl. Policy, Standards, Evaluation, Etc.), an Item code, encompasses the full range of food service operations that state and local governments operate or procure directly—from correctional facility meals to school lunch programs, higher-education cafeterias, convention center food and beverage, park concessions, and law-enforcement academy dining. Recent solicitations show jurisdictions buying turnkey food service management across corrections, K–12 and community college nutrition programs, and public facility concessions, with providers responsible for meal planning, staffing, procurement, compliance with nutrition and safety standards, and often revenue-sharing or per-meal fee structures.

Issuing bodies span county sheriff's offices and corrections departments (Whitfield County, Worth County, Pinellas County corrections labs), school districts and higher-education institutions (Parkway School District Missouri, Gateway Early College and Phoenix College Preparatory Academy in Arizona, SUNY Rockland), municipal convention centers (Tampa Convention Center), economic-development authorities (Invest Atlanta), state law enforcement (New Mexico Department of Public Safety), and county parks departments (Sarasota County). The mix reflects corrections, K–12, higher education, and public-facility food service as primary procurement vectors. Representative recent solicitations include Worth County Board of Commissioners' RFP for jail food services (sealed proposals due August 17, 2026, mandatory pre-bid July 24, 2026), Parkway School District's sealed-bid procurement for a Food Service Management Company to operate child nutrition programs (proposals due June 26, 2026, via Bonfire Portal), Tampa Convention Center's re-bid for food and beverage operations serving 350,000 guests annually (proposals due July 27, 2026), and New Mexico Department of Public Safety's RFP for full meal service at the DPS and New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy (proposals due March 6, 2026, via Bonfire, with mandatory pre-proposal conference February 10, 2026, and top-four finalist food sample demonstration required). Geographic activity spans Florida (Tampa, Marion County, Sarasota, Pinellas), Georgia (Worth County, Whitfield County), Arizona (Maricopa County Community College District), Missouri (Parkway School District), New York (Rockland Community College), and New Mexico (DPS).