NIGP 96347: Meals

NIGP 96347 Meals, an Item code, encompasses school lunch and breakfast program management, home-delivered nutrition for seniors, disaster response catering, and special-event meal services sourced by school districts, counties, municipalities, and special-purpose districts. State and local governments under this code procure fixed-price per-meal contracts for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance, vended meal services with pre-packaged or pre-prepared options, nutritionally compliant bulk catering for emergency response and community events, and home-delivered meal programs for homebound older adults. The issuing-body mix spans independent school districts (particularly charter schools and large metropolitan districts), county departments of aging and emergency management, regional electric cooperatives serving disaster-response mandates, and community college districts. School districts dominate recent activity, with Northside Independent School District in Bexar County, Texas, D.A.T.E. Academy Charter School in DeKalb County, Georgia, and the Museum School of East Dallas each soliciting meal services; non-school buyers include Montgomery County Office of Aging Services in Pennsylvania and Seminole County Office of Emergency Management in Florida.

Geographic concentration appears in Texas and Georgia, with additional activity in Pennsylvania and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District's IFB for Food, Restaurants, Catering Services & Concessions (IFB 2026-061, due June 11, 2026) spanning 34 product categories with delivery to 128 schools across the San Antonio area; D.A.T.E. Academy Charter School's RFP for School Nutrition Program Management Services (PE55259NONST2026000000001, due June 18, 2026) requiring a Food Service Management Company certified on Georgia's approved vendor list to manage the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Summer Feeding options with fixed per-meal pricing; Montgomery County Office of Aging Services' RFP 26-23 for Home Delivered Meal services (due May 21, 2026) for a three-year contract beginning July 1, 2026, serving homebound adults aged 60 and over across six service zones with unit-price compensation; and the Museum School of East Dallas's vended-meals RFP (due March 31, 2026) requiring pre-packaged or frozen meals meeting USDA Buy American provisions with cost as the primary evaluation criterion. H-GAC (Houston-Galvester Area Council) is soliciting nutrition and transportation services in Wharton, Colorado, and Walker Counties, Texas (RFPCEAAANATSWCWC0726, due August 13, 2026). School meal contracts typically require Texas or state incorporation, health department licensure, USDA compliance documentation, and $1,000,000 minimum general liability insurance; home-delivered meal services require Certified Food Sanitation Manager certification and criminal background checks for all staff.