NIGP 31877: Tickets, Pre-Encoded

NIGP 31877 Tickets, Pre-Encoded is an Item code covering pre-printed and pre-encoded ticketing materials that state and local governments procure for transportation, recreation, and administrative purposes. Based on recent solicitation activity, the code encompasses bag tags, thermal boarding passes, and automated ticket and boarding pass stock used by airport and transit authorities to support passenger operations and revenue collection.

Sacramento County, Department of Airports is actively soliciting under this code through an RFP (2026RFP0016) for a multi-year contract supplying bag tags, thermal paper, and blank automated ticket and boarding pass stock, with an initial two-year term and three optional one-year extensions. The solicitation was issued through the Sacramento County Procurement Alliance (SCoPA), a cooperative purchasing vehicle that extends the resulting contract to other eligible governmental, educational, and non-profit entities beyond the county. Airport and transit authorities represent the primary issuing bodies under this code. The geographic spread of recent activity centers on California, with Sacramento County as a current active buyer; no response deadline is stated in the source material.