NIGP 25018: Cards, Tabulating, Special (for Automatic and Manual Data Processing Systems)

NIGP 25018 Cards, Tabulating, Special (For Automatic And Manual Data Processing Systems) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure specialized data processing cards and related tabulating media for legacy and contemporary automated systems. The scope of work encompasses punch cards, mark-sense cards, optical scanning cards, and other specialized card stock used in data capture, sorting, and automated processing workflows — commodities that remain in active use across voter registration systems, standardized testing administration, utility billing cycles, and archival data management in older government IT infrastructure. Issuing bodies purchasing under this code span state departments, county offices, municipal agencies, and school districts, typically as part of operational replacements or system maintenance rather than new-system procurement.

No recent state and local contract opportunities are available in the source data for this Item code. The absence of current solicitations suggests either minimal ongoing demand for specialized tabulating cards in contemporary state and local procurement, or that agencies are consolidating such purchases through existing cooperative-purchasing agreements or vendor standing-order arrangements outside the public notice cycle.