NIGP 20749: Forms Bursters, Decollators, Detachers, Feeders, Strippers and Related Accessories

NIGP 20749 Forms Bursters, Decollators, Detachers, Feeders, Strippers and Related Accessories is an Item code encompassing specialized finishing equipment for high-volume document processing — specifically air-fed collating systems, bursting machines, and related accessories that state and local governments deploy in centralized print shops and document-processing centers. Recent solicitation activity reflects procurement of turnkey collating systems with integrated finishing capabilities, including saddle stitching, folding, stacking, and trimming functions, sold as complete units with installation, training, maintenance, and extended service commitments built into the contract. Issuing bodies sourcing under this code include city finance departments and central procurement divisions operating shared document-services facilities.

The City of Phoenix Finance Department, Central Procurement Division, posted IFB270411 on September 23, 2026, for an air-fed vertical collating system with three collator towers containing 30 total bins, capable of 9,000 sets per hour or 4,000 books per hour minimum production speeds. The solicitation required delivery and installation within 90 days of purchase order, full-service maintenance with two-hour callback and 24-hour onsite response capability, eight hours of staff training, and a five-year initial term with five optional one-year extensions. DBE-N compliance under 49 CFR Part 26 applied. Bidders were required to demonstrate a minimum of five years in business providing similar goods or services, with award to the lowest responsive and responsible offeror. The source contains only this single recent opportunity and does not establish broader geographic or issuing-body distribution under the code.