NIGP 05010: Block Printing Supplies

NIGP 05010 Block Printing Supplies is an Item code capturing art, craft, and printing materials and equipment that state and local governments procure for educational, administrative, and operational use. Recent solicitations show school districts, cities, and special districts sourcing art supplies for classroom use, printing and mailing services for administrative operations, and managed print services supporting enterprise printing environments. Work ranges from catalog-bid arrangements offering multiple-vendor awards with per-unit pricing to comprehensive managed services contracts including device fleet management, consumables supply chains, and technical support. The issuing-body mix reflects both high-volume recurring purchasers (school districts conducting annual or multi-year art supply procurement for districtwide inventory) and municipal service consumers (cities managing printing, mailing, and print device operations across dozens of locations).

Geographic spread includes Texas (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Donna ISD in Cameron County), Florida (School Board of Marion County), Wisconsin (City of Madison), Arizona (City of Tucson), and Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government). Representative recent opportunities include Northside Independent School District issuing an IFB for art supplies and equipment districtwide due July 30, 2026; Donna ISD posting an RFP for classroom supplies and materials on a catalog-bid basis with multiple-vendor awards due April 8, 2026; Marion County School Board issuing a ten-month term contract bid for approximately 215 line items of art supplies (brushes, paints, papers, markers, craft materials) with a due date of January 14, 2026 and contract award anticipated February 24, 2026; City of Madison posting an RFP for citywide printing and mailing services (approximately 580,000 weekly pieces for Madison Water Utility and 127,000 monthly for tax billing) due April 3, 2026; and City of Tucson issuing an RFP for managed print services covering 324 multi-function devices and 193 network printers across 107 locations with 23.4 million estimated monochrome and 16.6 million color impressions over the contract term, due May 27, 2026.