NIGP 96738: Food Manufacturing Services (Including Beverages)

NIGP 96738 Food Manufacturing Services (Including Beverages), an Item code, encompasses state and local procurement of food preparation, beverage production, catering, institutional meal delivery, and related food-service operations. State and local governments are buying comprehensive food and beverage services for convention centers, correctional and detention facilities, senior-care centers, Head Start programs, and educational institutions; pouring rights and beverage-vending programs on campuses; craft beverage production and taproom operations through real-estate partnerships; and mobile-market food-access programs. Issuing bodies include municipalities (Cincinnati, Albany, Tampa), counties (Hillsborough in Florida, Effingham in Georgia, Boulder in Colorado), school districts and community colleges (Mt. San Antonio College), and special-purpose authorities (Tampa Convention Center division of county government). The scope ranges from turnkey institutional catering serving 350,000-plus annual guests to small-scale nutritional meal programs for 110 Head Start children, and from equipment-inclusive beverage-vending contracts with sponsorship and growth-incentive components to facility-lease partnerships for craft beverage production.

Recent activity spans Florida, Georgia, Colorado, California, and Ohio. Representative opportunities include the City of Cincinnati's RFI (due October 23, 2026) on mobile-market operations for healthy food access; City of Albany Downtown Development Authority RFP #27-018 (due October 1, 2026) for lease or sale of a craft beverage production and event space, with three operational pathways and a mandatory pre-proposal conference on September 9, 2026; Hillsborough County's Tampa Convention Center re-bid RFP 26P00355 for comprehensive food and beverage services including kitchen operations and concessions serving over 350,000 guests annually (due July 27, 2026); Effingham County RFP (due August 7, 2026) for turnkey food service across a prison, jail, and senior center; Boulder County RFP-292-26 (due June 26, 2026) for Head Start nutritional services with culturally responsive menu expansion and up to five-year contract intent; and Mt. San Antonio College RFP #2026-042 for five-year pouring rights and beverage-vending services (proposal deadline April 8, 2026, contract start July 1, 2026), which includes equipment supply, preventative maintenance, and growth-incentive compensation structured on case-volume thresholds.