NIGP 20355: Graphic Supplies for Plotters and Printer Plotters: Inks, Pens, Penholders, Chemicals, Paper, etc., Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP Item 20355, Graphic Supplies For Plotters And Printer Plotters: Inks, Pens, Penholders, Chemicals, Paper, Etc., Environmentally Certified Products, covers consumable supplies and replacement materials for large-format and specialized printing equipment used across state and local agencies. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show purchasing for thermal paper stock, boarding pass blanks, OEM toner and inkjet cartridges, digital printing cartridges for Epson and Ricoh equipment, printing inks, offset printing supplies, and associated graphic consumables. Issuing bodies include county departments of airports and financial services, county procurement offices managing cooperative purchasing programs, school districts, and municipal governments. Buyers are seeking both single-vendor supply contracts and the flexibility to award line-item-basis awards to multiple vendors, with contract terms typically running one to two years with optional renewal periods.

Recent activity appears across three states: California, Georgia, and Connecticut. Sacramento County's Department of Airports issued an RFP (2026RFP0016) for bag tags, thermal boarding pass stock, and ATB ticket blanks, with responses due May 21, 2026, through a cooperative purchasing vehicle (Sacramento County Procurement Alliance) open to other governmental, educational, and non-profit entities. Gwinnett County, Georgia posted a competitive sealed-bid solicitation (PE77023NONST2027000000703) on August 18, 2026, for OEM toner and inkjet cartridges for the Department of Financial Services, with bids due September 14, 2026, and an addendum issued the same day. New Haven Public Schools issued an ITB (2026ITB357) closing June 17, 2026, for offset plates, thermal film, digital printing cartridges, binding coils, laminating film, printing inks, offset supplies, and large-format printer stock with a local-vendor preference. Rockland County, New York requested furnish-and-deliver proposals for Hewlett Packard printers (RFBRC2026047) with proposals due August 25, 2026.