NIGP 96219: Cafeteria and Restaurant Services

NIGP 96219 Cafeteria and Restaurant Services is an Item code under which state and local governments procure operational management of food service facilities, concession stands, catering operations, and vending machine services across institutional campuses, public venues, detention facilities, and recreation areas. Recent solicitations show school districts, community colleges, county governments, and municipal parks departments contracting for comprehensive cafeteria management where vendors assume all operational expenses including staffing, food procurement, and equipment maintenance; concession operations at stadiums, arenas, and parks where vendors pay commissions based on gross sales; and specialized food service such as detention center meals, Head Start nutrition programs, and event catering. The issuing-body mix spans independent school districts (Katy ISD, Harlandale ISD, Northside ISD, San Antonio ISD), public institutions of higher education (Colorado Northwestern Community College, University of Georgia, Bristol Community College, South Plains College), county governments (Orange County California, Beaufort County South Carolina, Greenville County South Carolina, Collin County Texas), municipal departments (Springfield Massachusetts Parks, New London Connecticut Recreation), state entities (Florida Department of Transportation, Delaware DHSS), and special-purpose districts (school nutrition programs). School districts and community colleges appear as repeat buyers across the recent opportunities block.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Katy ISD, San Antonio ISD, Northside ISD, Harlandale ISD, South Plains College, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Collin County, Orange County California concessions, and multiple restaurant catering RFPs), Colorado (Colorado Northwestern Community College food service and venue services), and Massachusetts (Bristol Community College, Springfield, Somerville, New London Connecticut, Town of Barnstable), with additional recent solicitations from Florida, Delaware, South Carolina, Utah, Idaho, and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include Delaware Technical and Community College's RFP for cafeteria operations at two campuses (proposals due September 4, 2026, covering comprehensive service including dietary accommodations and catering); Colorado Northwestern Community College's food service management procurement (proposals due May 21, 2026, for residential and retail dining at 1,100-student campus with commission structure at 12% guest meals and 10% catering); Beaufort County South Carolina detention center food services RFP (proposals due June 22, 2026, for three meals daily serving 200-255 inmates with one-year renewable contract at fixed first-year pricing); Northside Independent School District's food, restaurants, catering and concessions IFB covering 34 product categories for after-school events (bids due June 11, 2026); and Orange County California's vending machine services IFB across 40 county locations with revenue-sharing at 20-25% commissions, five-year term, and mandatory ADA-compliant equipment (bids due July 8, 2026). Activity is consistent and diversified across service types, with pricing generally structured as either fixed commissions on gross sales, flat administrative fees per meal, or revenue-sharing percentages negotiated through proposal competition.