NIGP 31024: Envelopes, Plain, Special (Colored Wove, White Wove)

NIGP 31024 Envelopes, Plain, Special (Colored Wove, White Wove) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure standard and custom envelopes in volume, ranging from specialized stock envelopes in single sizes to multi-SKU statewide contracts covering dozens of line items with custom printing, tinting, windows, and material specifications. Recent solicitations show California state agencies (Department of General Services, Franchise Tax Board, Department of Motor Vehicles, Caltrans, Department of Transportation), the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, County of Orange Registrar of Voters, Northside Independent School District in Texas, and the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office all issuing IFBs and RFBs for envelopes with response dates between mid-February and mid-August 2026. Scope spans plain bond and kraft-stock envelopes, window and booklet variants, catalog envelopes, and custom-printed stock bearing agency names, logos, permits, and indicia imprints, with compliance requirements consistently including recycled-content minimums (30% post-consumer recovered fiber), USPS machinability standards, quality control defect-rate limits, and performance testing on inserting equipment. Issuing bodies include state departments, county registrars, school districts, and state tax/licensing agencies; California dominates recent volume with four major procurements totaling at least $16.3 million.

The California Department of General Services Procurement Division issued the largest recent contracts: IFB 0000039469 for a mandatory two-year statewide envelope contract valued at $14.7 million with 146 line items across plain, window, booklet, and catalog envelopes due July 31, 2026, and IFB 7760-39245 for the Office of State Publishing estimated at $500,000 to $700,000 due July 29, 2026, both requiring minimum 30% recycled content with Forest Stewardship Council or Sustainable Forest Initiative certification and 5% small business preferences plus DVBE incentives. The California Franchise Tax Board's IFB-FTB-2627-PW-056 calls for printing and delivery of 50 million custom #10 dual-pane window envelopes with USPS-compliant indicia over a two-year-plus period, bids due July 21, 2026, with firm per-envelope pricing and defect rates not exceeding 0.5%. The California Department of Motor Vehicles IFB 26-060 seeks 50.72 million units across five distinct #10 envelope types over twelve months, estimated total cost $1.07 million, with bids due June 5, 2026. The Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-310A1 targets 9,932 cases of white wove #10 envelopes (window and no-window variants) due July 21, 2026, with 30% recovered fiber requirement and delivery to Huntsville. County of Orange IFB #031-3058202-CM covers 102 line items of plain, printed, and custom envelopes with tiered pricing by volume (1,000 to 2,000,000 units) and a 5% preference for Orange County Local Small Business or DVBE vendors due May 11, 2026. Geographic activity concentrates in California and Texas; additional recent procurements from Illinois, Texas school districts, and miscellaneous California county departments indicate nationwide baseline demand with periodic high-volume state initiatives.