NIGP 30523: Direct Print Supplies, Wet Process

NIGP 30523 Direct Print Supplies, Wet Process (Item) encompasses business cards, letterhead, envelopes, and specialty printing projects that state and local governments procure for departmental and operational use. County and city procurement offices solicit under this code for routine office supplies and high-volume transactional printing — from standard gummed and self-seal envelopes to customized business cards and branded collateral for multiple departments or service lines. Issuing bodies include county purchasing offices and municipal departments; Walworth County, Wisconsin and the City of Madison, Wisconsin appear as recent buyers. Both jurisdictions treat printing services and supplies as competitively bid commodities, typically bundled into multi-year contracts with renewal options.

Recent activity in the code concentrates in Wisconsin. Walworth County posted an RFB for printing services (solicitation 26082, due July 30, 2026) covering business cards, letterhead, gummed envelopes, and self-seal double-flapped envelopes for 23 county departments, with historical 2024 demand of 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 renewals, and award is scheduled for August 11, 2026. The City of Madison issued an RFP for city-wide printing and mailing services (solicitation 1500802026, due April 3, 2026) driven by high-volume demand from Madison Water Utility (approximately 580,000 pieces weekly) and the Finance Department Treasury section (approximately 127,000 pieces monthly for tax bills and notices), encompassing dynamic laser printing, document composition, insertion, mail finishing, and monochrome and color printing with a two-year initial term and three optional one-year renewals. Both opportunities require vendor licensing or demonstrated multi-year experience, carry $1 million minimum general liability insurance requirements, and award to the lowest-cost responsive bidder or on a weighted technical-and-cost basis.