NIGP 08010: Badges, Buttons, Emblems, and ID Cards, Celluloid and Plastic: Student, Faculty, Membership, Employee, etc.

NIGP 08010 Badges, Buttons, Emblems, and ID Cards, Celluloid and Plastic: Student, Faculty, Membership, Employee, Etc. is an Item code covering state and local procurement of identification and recognition insignia—employee badges, access-control cards, voter registration IDs, police placards, service pins, challenge coins, uniform brass, and related custom production. Recent solicitations show cities, counties, school districts, and state agencies buying credential production with integrated card-management capability, security features such as holographic foil and sequential numbering, and customization for public-safety and municipal workforce identification. The issuing-body mix spans municipal procurement departments (Philadelphia, Orlando, Tucson), county purchasing offices (Henry County, Georgia; Williamson County, Texas), school districts (Cherokee County, Georgia), transit authorities (Agency for Community Transit, Illinois), state departments (California, Utah), and higher-education institutions (Texas A&M University). Cities and counties appear as repeat buyers of service pins, challenge coins, and employee badge systems; public-safety agencies dominate the procurement volume.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arizona, California, and Utah within the past four months. Representative recent opportunities include the Agency for Community Transit (Illinois) requesting quotes for 14,100 monthly bus passes with holographic foil application and sequential numbering, response due October 2, 2026, under an IFB; Henry County, Georgia posting a competitive sealed-bid solicitation for annual police uniforms including 1,500 shoulder patches and emblems with web-based ordering and embroidery services, bids due September 24, 2026; Cherokee County School District (Georgia) issuing an RFP for an integrated employee badge management solution with credential production and reader flashing, proposals due July 9, 2026; the City of Philadelphia conducting multiple micro-purchase quote cycles for voter registration ID cards (due September 23, 2026), service pins (due September 4, 2026 and May 29, 2026), and challenge coins (due May 29, 2026); and Texas A&M University soliciting vendors via ITB for uniform brass and insignia on a master-order basis, bids due August 14 and September 11, 2026. The City of Tucson is pursuing a competitive RFP for badges, medals, coins, and pins across multiple public-safety departments with American Rescue Plan Act compliance and Section 3 workforce requirements, proposals due September 17, 2025 (note: date appears to be a data entry error in source material).