NIGP 30523: Direct Print Supplies, Wet Process

NIGP 30523 Direct Print Supplies, Wet Process is an Item code encompassing routine printing procurement by state and local jurisdictions for internal operational needs. State and local governments buy business cards, letterhead, envelopes, and specialty printing projects under this code, typically through fixed-term supply contracts with incumbent service providers rather than one-off orders. The issuing bodies using this code are county and municipal governments with distributed administrative facilities requiring regular replenishment of standard office printed materials. Walworth County, Wisconsin represents a representative buyer type in this space—a mid-sized county government with multi-department printing demand consolidating procurement through a single RFB to ensure consistent service and pricing across buildings.

Walworth County, Wisconsin posted the most recent solicitation under NIGP 30523 in July 2026 when it issued RFB 26-082 for Printing Services due July 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. The county requested bids for business cards, letterhead, gummed envelopes, self-seal double-flapped envelopes, and specialty printing projects serving 23 departments across seven building locations in Elkhorn, with daily Monday-through-Friday delivery on FOB destination terms. Historical 2024 demand included 72,500 units of #10 window self-seal envelopes, 25,500 units of #10 self-seal envelopes, and 22,500 business cards. The contract term is one year with four optional one-year renewal periods, firm pricing for year one, and PPI-indexed annual adjustments thereafter capped at 10% of prior-year cost. Vendors must hold Wisconsin licensing, demonstrate five years of verifiable printing services experience, and carry $1,000,000 commercial general liability and commercial automobile liability insurance. Award was anticipated August 11, 2026, with contract start August 29, 2026, on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bid basis.