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K-12, universities, government dining. Institutional foodservice.

School district central kitchens, individual K-12 cafeteria sites, university dining operations, community college foodservice, and government and municipal cafeterias. Often DBPR-regulated. Procurement and service expectations differ meaningfully from independent restaurants.

01 / Equipment we service

Cafeteria & central kitchen refrigeration.

Public and private K-12, universities, community colleges, district central kitchens, and government foodservice.

Walk-in coolers and freezers

Cafeteria walk-ins, central-kitchen storage, satellite-prep boxes feeding multiple sites.

Reach-ins, prep tables, line refrigeration

Standard foodservice refrigeration. Volumes are higher, line workflows more rigid than independent restaurants.

Ice machines (high-volume)

Cafeteria-scale ice production for student volume. Reliability and throughput matter more than feature sophistication.

Milk coolers & dairy display

Dedicated milk-cooler fleets, often a major asset class in K-12 cafeterias.

Cold prep & salad bar

Refrigerated salad bars, cold-prep stations, sandwich and wrap stations.

Backup & redundancy on central kitchens

Central kitchens feeding multiple sites are critical-path. Redundancy planning is part of the conversation.

02 / What's different in schools

What makes institutional different.

Procurement is via contract or RFP, service expectations are documented, and compliance is taken seriously by both DBPR and internal stakeholders.

RFP and contract procurement

School districts and universities procure service through formal RFPs or master service agreements. We respond with documented capabilities, certifications, insurance, and proposed PM cadence.

DBPR food-establishment inspections

School cafeterias are DBPR-regulated. FrostIQ™ pulls inspection history and surfaces patterns. Useful for nutrition directors and district FSDs.

Calendar-driven downtime windows

Major equipment work schedules around school calendars — winter break, spring break, summer. We plan PM cadence to fit.

Public-procurement insurance & paperwork

Higher-tier general liability, workers' comp documentation, and W-9/vendor-onboarding paperwork are standard for institutional accounts. We're set up for it.

03 / Platform fit

Full-stack fits institutional.

Multi-site footprints, DBPR compliance, and FSD oversight all map to platform tooling.

FrostIQ™DBPR Intel

District-level inspection rollup

Each cafeteria has its own DBPR establishment ID. FrostIQ™ pulls all sites and surfaces district-wide patterns and risk concentration.

ColdSentry™Monitoring

Central kitchen + satellite monitoring

Central kitchens get full sensor coverage; satellite cafeterias get walk-in-level monitoring. Threshold alerts to FSD and on-call engineering.

ArcticOS™Portal

FSD command portal

Foodservice director sees every site, every open work order, every monitoring alert, and every DBPR risk in one portal — without per-site logins.

04 / Regulatory

DBPR + USDA school nutrition documentation.

Florida DBPR inspects school cafeterias as food establishments. USDA school-nutrition programs (NSLP, SBP) carry their own documentation expectations on cold-holding for milk and reimbursable meal components. ColdSentry™ exports cold-holding logs in formats that align with both.

05 / Engagement

How we work with schools

Master service agreement

District- or campus-wide service agreement covering all foodservice refrigeration with consolidated invoicing.

Calendar-aligned PM

Twice-yearly PM scheduled around school calendar windows. Major equipment work in summer.

Platform-bundled district program

Service + ColdSentry™ + FrostIQ™ + ArcticOS™ as a single agreement — useful for nutrition directors managing multi-site programs.

06 / Field notes

Operator resources

Diagnostics10 min

Walk-in cooler failure in a school cafeteria

The diagnostic order when a school walk-in drifts above 41°F before service — door, condenser, evaporator.

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Compliance11 min

USDA NSLP cold-storage requirements

Federal National School Lunch Program cold-side rules and the documentation a Florida district has to hold.

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Diagnostics9 min

Dish-room HVAC condensation issues

Why dish rooms drip from the deck — exhaust balance, makeup air, and condensate management.

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Preventive10 min

Summer shutdown PM cycle for school cold storage

The June-July walk that locks the cafeteria back in for August reopening.

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